Back in the early part of the year, when the Bugatti Veyron supercar was hitting the headlines, attention was taken almost as much by the drivetrain as by the car itself. Engineers at the automotive technology group Ricardo had developed a novel form of dual-clutch transmission (DCT) and the smoothness of the system impressed all the car's fortunate drivers. And, said Mike Everitt, who led the team that developed it, there was more to come.
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