Not exact matches
A reminder
of what you're missing is provided by the V8 Vantage, which comes with a deliciously tactile, finely weighted and mechanically positive
manual gearbox.
However, the decision to ditch a
manual gearbox in favour
of what Abarth calls a «Competizione» semi-auto transmission with paddle - shift is almost as dubious, though not nearly as funny, as the PR blurb's description
of the 595 50th Anniversary as «the world's smallest supercar».
I dearly wanted to tell you
what it is like with a
manual gearbox, but Porsche is apparently starting with deliveries
of PDKs, for reasons best known to itself.
This is
what BMW does best — a compact 2 door coupe with an inline - 6 up front and driven rear wheels... and best
of all, a row - your - own - gears 6 - speed
manual gearbox.
While it is still not known as to
what powertrains will be offered on the Titanium S, we expect the same 1.5 - litre 3 - cylinder Dragon petrol and the 1.5 - litre TDCi 4 - cylinder diesel engines to power the EcoSport Titanium S. However, the Titanium S variant will get a 6 - speed
manual gearbox instead
of the 5 - speed
manual one.
Owing to
what VW says are «technical differences in the design parameters
of the
gearboxes»
manual models deliver peak power over 4300 - 6200rpm, while auto variants come on - song over 5400 - 6200rpm.
What's more, Skoda offers a wide range
of petrol and diesel engines,
manual and automatic
gearboxes, and two or four - wheel drive on selected models.
It is not yet known
what powertrains will be offered on the Titanium S, however it does appear to have a different 6 - speed
manual gearbox instead
of the 5 - speed MT offered on all other variants.
Power is modest, with its 1.8 - liter mill limited to 138 ponies, but an available five - speed
manual gearbox makes the most
of what's there.
The standard six - speed
manual gearbox is good, but
what you really want is the smooth 8 - speed Steptronic automatic that better suits the relaxed nature
of this car.