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VW sells one millionth DSG, next million on the way

Volkswagen announced today that it has produced one million dual-clutch gearboxes, all at the company's Kassel, Germany factory. As we've been writing a lot recently, DSG (VW's name for the boxes) is a way to reduce fuel consumption because they bridge the mechanical efficiency of a manual transmission with an automatic's self-shifting capability. At the rate VW is installing DSGs, it won't be long before the two million mark is reached. The company started putting DSGs in production vehilces in 2003. It's taken five years to build a million, ... Read more →

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