Most people who get a kick out of driving also get a kick out shifting their own gears. Not with a push of a button, the tug of a paddle or the nudge of a lever, but with a deft combination of well ...

The Volkswagen Jetta GLI is officially joining the growing list of enthusiast darling cars losing their manual transmission.

After Volkswagen dropped the manual transmission option from the Golf GTI and Golf R in North America, it seemed only a ...

In the early 2000s, when the Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) debuted, there was a problem that many drivers faced when buying a new car. Conventional automatics were smooth, but they weren't efficient, and ...

One of the biggest automotive technological developments in the past 20 years is the dual-clutch gearbox, also known as the dual-clutch transmission (DCT). It’s been a performance game (and gear) ...

Hi all. I've read numerous threads about DSG and clutches but can't find info I am looking for. Just bought a 2015 Octavia 1.6 TDI DSG which I believe to have a dry dual clutch. I am using at as a ...

What can we say about the Volkswagen GTI that we haven’t said before? After subjecting the perennial 10Best winner to innumerable reviews, it’s hard to come up with any praise or criticism that hasn’t ...

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Sequential and dual-clutch gearboxes both allow you to manually select gears without a clutch pedal, but that doesn't mean they're the same. This video from parts supplier FCP Euro explains the ...

Engineering Explained and The Humble Mechanic team are two YouTube channels with the goal of teaching us more about the cars we drive. Today, they get together to break down how Volkswagen's ...

The automatic versus manual dispute regarding the transmission systems installed on a specific car has been going on for quite some time now, especially when a certain automaker came out with the ...

LuK, a specialist in clutch and gear systems, said on Thursday it had developed a dedicated dry double clutch for the new Volkswagen group seven-speed direct-shift (DSG) gearbox. Fuel savings of up to ...