BMW interview Death of the the DCT

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05-04-2017, 04:03 PM

formulaWA

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BMW interview Death of the the Dual Clutch Transmission

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Hope this is an ok place to post this since many C7 folks are hoping for a Dual Clutch Transmission in the future. An interesting interview with the BMW VP for sales and marketing. He says BMW will stop using DCT in 6 to 7 years

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...y-way-possible

Last edited by formulaWA; 05-04-2017 at 04:36 PM. Reason: folks don't know what a DCT is

05-04-2017, 04:09 PM

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Too many TLAs. WTF is a DCT?

05-04-2017, 04:16 PM

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Dual Clutch Transmission.......

05-04-2017, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by formulaWA

Hi Folks

Hope this is an ok place to post this since many C7 folks are hoping for a DCT in the future. An interesting interview with the BMW VP for sales and marketing. He says BMW will stop using DCT in 6 to 7 years

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...y-way-possible

Likely cost cutting and BMW is moving away from driver focused cars. They have been moving away from them for awhile now.

If Porsche kills off the PDK in favor of an automatic with/TC then I will buy in. The PDK is still the best automatic transmission car I have ever driven.