DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS (DCTs) hit the big time after Volkswagen first introduced one on the Golf R32 back in 2003. To date, VW has made well over 26 million of its direct shift gearboxes (DSGs), and it's not alone. The standard had previously always been the torque converter automatic (slush) gearbox and, on a few small cars, perhaps a teeth-grindingly awful continuously variable transmission (CVT).
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