Ben
12-12-2002, 11:23 PM
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Hot on the heels of Audi's announcement of the Audi TT 3.2 with DSG, Volkswagen announces its first application of their new six-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) in the Golf R32.
The all-new DSG transmission is a race bred system that has now been developed for street applications. Used back in the 1980's in Audi's Sport Quattro S1 racers, this transmission utilizes two multi-plate clutches that can simultaneously have two gears selected, one engaged the other waiting. When a gear shift is made via paddles located behind the steering wheel, both clutches are opened, gears change and clutches close in a fraction of second under full load with virtually seamless power maintained. In a down shift situation DSG will even blip the throttle to match revs. DSG can also be utilized just like a regular automatic transmission with both a conservative "D" position and an aggressive "S" sport position.
People that have driven this setup tell us that it is still a fairly aggressive system and is not necessarily designed to replace standard Tiptronic or CVT transmissions since those tend to be a bit smoother in shift transitions. Our best guess is that we could see this system utilized in GTI or GLI models or in future "R" or sport variants where this transmission would shine in performance applications as a second transmission option to a manual stick shift.
The full Volkswagen AG press release follows below:
VW AG Press Release (http://www.vwvortex.com/news/11_02/11_28/index.shtml)
-VWVortex
Pretty sweet IMO
Hot on the heels of Audi's announcement of the Audi TT 3.2 with DSG, Volkswagen announces its first application of their new six-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) in the Golf R32.
The all-new DSG transmission is a race bred system that has now been developed for street applications. Used back in the 1980's in Audi's Sport Quattro S1 racers, this transmission utilizes two multi-plate clutches that can simultaneously have two gears selected, one engaged the other waiting. When a gear shift is made via paddles located behind the steering wheel, both clutches are opened, gears change and clutches close in a fraction of second under full load with virtually seamless power maintained. In a down shift situation DSG will even blip the throttle to match revs. DSG can also be utilized just like a regular automatic transmission with both a conservative "D" position and an aggressive "S" sport position.
People that have driven this setup tell us that it is still a fairly aggressive system and is not necessarily designed to replace standard Tiptronic or CVT transmissions since those tend to be a bit smoother in shift transitions. Our best guess is that we could see this system utilized in GTI or GLI models or in future "R" or sport variants where this transmission would shine in performance applications as a second transmission option to a manual stick shift.
The full Volkswagen AG press release follows below:
VW AG Press Release (http://www.vwvortex.com/news/11_02/11_28/index.shtml)
-VWVortex
Pretty sweet IMO