Appearing for the first time in a Porsche 944 Turbo test vehicle in the 1980s, the dual-clutch transmission is one of the most significant developments in modern automotive history. Consisting of two ...

Audi has a long tradition in the development of innovative transmission technologies and their use in production vehicles and the company's latest variation on the theme is the Direct Shift Gearbox or ...

As far as automatic gearboxes for small cars are concerned, Volkswagen Group's DQ200 is quite an important but controversial unit. Equipped by a variety of different models since first developed, the ...

VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2008 AND AUGUST 2009. THE WIRING HARNESS OF A TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX (DSG ...

Volkswagen’s Double Shift Gearbox has proven a true success story for the carmaker on the global market. A total of 3.4 million units have been produced at the Kassel Plant alone for the group’s ...

James Martinez December 20, 2007 Comment Now! Modern automotive technology is getting so advanced, and the timeline for development so short that an item exclusive to the sacred province of the upper ...

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 ...

Racing certainties: DSG-enabled Sciroccos spearheading VW's new technology push in China. It's Sunday at the Beijing Golden Port Motor Park and 20 Scirocco Racers, taking part in the CTCC (China ...

WOLFSBURG, Germany -- The Volkswagen brand plans to replace all of its transverse-mounted automatic transmissions with its direct-shift gearbox over the next five years. The direct-shift gearbox, VW's ...

Volkswagen production line in China. Problems with locally made high-tech transmissions are causing consumer concerns. [Photo/Jiang Hongjing/Xinhua] Volkswagen Group China and its two local joint ...

Volkswagen detailed a series of new technical innovations that the company hopes will help it become the "world's most sustainable carmaker" by 2018. Some of the most notable advancements we can ...

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 ...