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A di­rect-shift gearbox (Ger­man: Di­rekt­schalt­ge­trie­be), com­monly ab­bre­vi­ated to DSG, is an elec­tron­i­cally-con­trolled, dual-clutch, mul­ti­ple-shaft, au­to­matic gear­box, in ei­ther a transaxle or tra­di­tional trans­mis­sion lay­out (de­pend­ing on en­gine/drive con­fig­u­ra­tion), with au­to­mated clutch op­er­a­tion, and with fully-automatic or semi-man­ual gear se­lec­tion. Direct Shift-CVT: A New Type of Continuously Variable Transmission Presentation Innovation Developing Ever Better Cars Personal Development TNGA The basic function of any transmission system is to achieve transmission efficiency, high-efficiency engine ranges, and highly responsive gear changes.

  • Dual-clutch transmission

    Type of multi-speed vehicle transmission system, that uses two separate clutches for odd and even gear sets. Often similar to two separate manual transmissions with their respective clutches contained within one housing, and working as one unit.Wikipedia

  • Twin Clutch SST

    Brand name of a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, developed by Getrag for Mitsubishi Motors. First incorporated in the 2008 Lancer Evolution X, and was designed to be a more performance-oriented system than that developed by rival manufacturers, with shorter gear ratios optimized for acceleration.Wikipedia

  • Manual transmission

    Multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars, or a hand lever for motorcycles). Early automobiles used sliding-mesh manual transmissions with up to three forward gear ratios.Wikipedia

  • Automatic transmission

    Multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any driver input to change gears under normal driving conditions. Hydraulic automatic, which uses a planetary gearset, hydraulic controls, and a torque convertor.Wikipedia

  • Semi-automatic transmission

    Automated , but the driver's input is still required to start (i.e., launch the vehicle) from a standstill and to manually change gears. Automatic clutch system.Wikipedia

  • Autostick

    Vacuum-operated automatic clutch system, coupled with a conventional 3-speed manual transmission. The 'AutoStick' system designed by Chrysler allows for manual selection of gears with a standard hydraulic automatic transmission, also known as a manumatic.Wikipedia

  • Hybrid Synergy Drive

    Brand name of Toyota Motor Corporation for the hybrid car drive train technology used in vehicles with the Toyota and Lexus marques. Option on several other Toyota and Lexus vehicles and has been adapted for the electric drive system of the hydrogen-powered Mirai, and for a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius.Wikipedia

  • Hydramatic

    Automatic transmission developed by both General Motors' Cadillac and Oldsmobile divisions. The first mass-produced fully-automatic transmission developed for passenger automobile use.Wikipedia

  • Ford PowerShift transmission

    Six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, produced by the Ford Motor Company. The Ford PowerShift gearboxes were built by Getrag Ford Transmissions, a joint-venture with Getrag.Wikipedia

  • GM 4T80 transmission

    Series of automatic transmissions from General Motors. Designed for transverse engine configurations, the series includes 4 forward gears.Wikipedia

  • Cruise-O-Matic

    The first automatic transmission widely used by Ford Motor Company. Designed by the Warner Gear division of Borg Warner Corporation and introduced in 1951 model year cars.Wikipedia

  • FPT C635 DDCT transmission

    Six-speed, dual-dry-clutch automatic transmission developed jointly by Fiat Powertrain Technologies , Magneti Marelli and BorgWarner, and is manufactured by FPT at the Verrone, Italy plant. The transmission utilizes a control system produced by Magneti Marelli which integrates BorgWarner's hydraulic actuation module into its own power and transmission control units.Wikipedia

  • GM 4T40 transmission

    The 4T40-E and 4T45-E are a series of automatic transaxles from General Motors. Designed for transverse engine configurations, the series includes 4 forward gears.Wikipedia

  • GM 4T60-E transmission

    Series of automatic transmissions from General Motors. Designed for transverse engine configurations, the series includes 4 forward gears.Wikipedia

  • Super Turbine 300

    Two-speed automatic transmission built by General Motors. Used in various Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac models from 1964-1969.Wikipedia

  • GM Roto Hydramatic transmission

    Automatic transmission built by General Motors and used on some Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Holden models from 1961–1965. Based on the earlier, four-speed Hydramatic, but was more compact, providing only three forward speeds plus a small 8' fluid coupling with a stator inside of the fluid coupling . Oldsmobile, one of the users of this transmission, called the fluid couplings stator the 'Accel-A-Rotor.' The lightweight, aluminum-cased transmission was sometimes nicknamed the 'Slim Jim.' HydraMatic Division calls the Roto a four range, three gear HydraMatic. It counts the stator multiplication at 3.50:1 as a first gear, and when road speed and the two coupling halves speed match, it counts the same gear with fluid now passing straight through the stator as 2nd gear at 2.93 to one. Second gear (or third range) has a ratio of 1.56 and because the fluid coupling is drained for this gear ratio making the front clutch apply makes this a rare automatic that is in FULL mechanical lock-up (coupling drained) in second gear.Wikipedia

  • Ultramatic

    The trademarked name of the Packard Motor Car Company's automatic transmission introduced in 1949 and produced until 1954, at Packard's Detroit, Michigan East Grand Boulevard factory. Produced thereafter from late 1954, thru 1956 at the new Packard 'Utica' Utica, Michigan facility.Wikipedia

  • AMC and Jeep transmissions

    Vehicles made by American Motors Corporation (AMC) and Jeep incorporated a variety of transmissions and transfer case systems. This article covers transmissions used in the following vehicle models and years:Wikipedia

  • Borg-Warner T-56 transmission

    The T-56 six speed manual transmission has been used in a wide range of vehicles from General Motors, Dodge, and Ford Motor Company. Originally designed and built by BorgWarner for the Dodge Viper later being used by GM in 1992 for the generation II and later engines, but from 1998 was built by Tremec, though nothing changed internally.Wikipedia

  • List of GM transmissions

    Innovator of automatic transmissions, introducing the Hydra-Matic in 1940. This list includes some GM transmissions.Wikipedia

  • GM-Ford 6-speed automatic transmission

    General Motors and Ford Motor Company cooperated in 2002 to create a new automatic transaxle, designed for transverse engine applications in cars. The companies jointly committed to investing US$720 million in their manufacturing plants to support the new transmission.Wikipedia

  • Volkswagen Up

    City car, part of the Volkswagen Group New Small Family (NSF) series of models, unveiled at the 2011 International Motor Show Germany (IAA). Production of the Up started in December 2011 at the Volkswagen Plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.Wikipedia

  • Suicide clutch

    The terms suicide clutch, and suicide shifter or jockey shifter, refer to a motorcycle's foot-operated clutch and hand shifter to change gears, Foot clutches (rocker-clutches) and hand shifters (tank-shifts) were found on early motorcycle designs from around the turn of the 20th Century to the 1940s or 50s, and reappearing on modern retro styled custom motorcycles and choppers. Modern motorcycles do not require removing a hand from the handlebars to shift gears, using only the fingers for the clutch and the toes of one foot to select gears.Wikipedia

  • GM 5L40-E transmission

    The 5L40-E (and similar 5L50) are a series of automatic transmissions made by General Motors. Used in the GM Sigma platform vehicles from Cadillac, the Pontiac Solstice, BMW, and Holden Commodore.Wikipedia

  • List of Subaru transmissions

    Subaru motor vehicles have used manual, conventional automatic, and continuously variable (CVT) transmissions. Subaru manufactures its own manual and CVT transmissions (for non-Kei cars).Wikipedia

  • Turbo-Hydramatic

    Registered tradename for a family of automatic transmissions developed and produced by General Motors. These transmissions mate a three-element turbine torque converter to a Simpson planetary geartrain, providing three forward speeds plus reverse.Wikipedia

  • Ford AXOD transmission

    4-speed automatic transaxle for transverse front wheel drive automobiles from the Ford Motor Company. Introduced in the 1986 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable .Wikipedia

  • Turbo-Hydramatic 125

    The first in a line of automatic transmissions from General Motors designed for transverse engine application. Introduced in 1980, the line evolved into today's 4T40/45/65/80 line.Wikipedia

  • Hill-holder

    Name for a mechanism in motor vehicles invented by Wagner Electric and manufactured by Bendix Brake Company in South Bend, Indiana. Device that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier to start up hill from stationary in manual transmission and automatic transmission automobiles.Wikipedia

  • ETKA

    Official electronic parts catalogue for Volkswagen Group motor vehicles. Launched in 1989, ETKA superseded the older parts books and microfilm-based catalogues.Wikipedia

Sentences forDirect-shift gearbox

  • The variant is offered with a 2.0-litre TSI petrol engine with 186 PS and 330 Nm or the range-topping 220 PS and 380 Nm, both paired with a 7-speed DSG transmission.Volkswagen Tiguan-Wikipedia
  • It gets a six-speed manual, seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, or an electric S-Tronic gearboxes.Audi A3-Wikipedia
  • DSG equipped models also come with an auxiliary oil cooler on the passenger side on right hand drive models.Volkswagen Golf Mk7-Wikipedia
  • TCR Europe Series also saw the introduction of the DSG Challenge for cars equipped with Direct-shift gearbox.2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series-Wikipedia
  • Displacing 800 cm3, it is rated at 35 kW and 121 Nm of torque and transmits power to the rear wheels through a seven-speed DSG transmission.Volkswagen 1-litre car-Wikipedia
  • VW claims the car can get from 0–100 km/h in 5.5 seconds for DSG equipped models, or 5.7 seconds for cars fitted with a manual transmission.Volkswagen Golf Mk6-Wikipedia
  • This variant's diesel version also has the option of the seven speed DQ200 dry clutch automatic DSG.Volkswagen Ameo-Wikipedia
  • Front-wheel-drive models feature an 8-speed automatic transmission, while the 4Motion all-wheel drive is coupled with a 7-speed DSG transmission.Volkswagen Taos-Wikipedia
  • All versions come with a 7-speed DSG transmission.Cupra Formentor-Wikipedia
  • The 140 PS was uprated to 150 PS.The transmission with the V6 in the North American market was a traditional hydraulic automatic transmission, whereas in other markets, it was a DSG transmission.Volkswagen CC-Wikipedia
  • DSG equipped models also come with an auxiliary oil cooler on the passenger side.Volkswagen R-Wikipedia
  • Power went to the rear wheels through a 6-speed Volkswagen DSG transaxle.Artega Automobile-Wikipedia
  • The power output is delivered to the wheels via a DSG automatic transmission and an electronically controlled all wheel drive powertrain.SEAT 20V20-Wikipedia
  • The TCR division will include a DSG Cup for vehicles equipped with a Direct-shift gearbox.2019 TC America Series-Wikipedia
  • The Lavida 1.4 TSI Sport was added to the range at Auto Shanghai 2009, which uses the same engine as the Sagitar TSI and equipped with either the 5-speed manual transmission or the 7-speed DSG transmission.Volkswagen Lavida-Wikipedia
  • This is mounted immediately behind the front-mounted engine (again, longitudinally) and contains the 'gearbox' (manual, automatic, DSG, or CVT), along with both the centre differential, and the front differential and final drive unit.Transaxle-Wikipedia

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  • How does DSG work?
  • Do I need a direct shift gearbox?
  • Parkers explains the tech

DSG is a form of automatic gearbox developed by the Volkswagen group, so you'll see it offered across the VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda ranges.

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It uses two clutches to change gears extremely quickly, making for imperceptible cog-swaps. The system is often accompanied by steering wheel paddles to change ratio manually.

How does a DSG transmission work?

The Gear Box Transmission Parts

The system uses two clutches to move up and down through the gears. As one clutch has the current gear engaged, the second clutch prepares the next gear for selection, significantly reducing shift times.

The driver can override the automatic selection of gears using the gearlever or paddles located behind the steering wheel, if they’re fitted.

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Do I need it?

If you’ve got your heart set on an automatic gearbox, the DSG unit is one of the better versions available. Bear in mind though that, like all automatic gearboxes, repairs can be very expensive if the transmission goes wrong.

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Available on almost all Volkswagen Group vehicles including the Audi A1, SEAT Leon and Volkswagen Polo.

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