Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the early 2000s, when the Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) debuted, there was a problem that many drivers faced when buying a new car ...

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 ...

What is a DSG transmission? How does a direct shift gearbox work? A DSG transmission is a dual clutch transmission used by Volkswagen. A DSG uses two wet, multi-plate clutches to activate separate ...

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 ...

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 dual-clutch gearbox, the DSG, is now a cause for litigation over patent royalty fees. Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, the former CEO of Bentley, and also the head of the transmission development ...

VW has released the new Caddy TGI BlueMotion DSG, the first natural gas-sipping model in the segment with a double-clutch gearbox. The new VW Caddy TGI’s engine will burn either CNG or bio-natural gas ...

Unfazed by high speeds DSG transmission makes the car more fun Still a solid hot hatch. For one, there's too much understeer in the all-wheel-drive Golf R's handling repertoire, and we also disliked ...