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Old 09-19-2013, 02:56 PM   #61
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The fact of the matter is, and the answer to your question, there are still cars that are in the "super car" category that have non dual-clutch autos. This will probably change as they all progress into offering DCT type systems, but there're still there.

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Originally Posted by chrisl View Post
The Lexus (it's not marked as Toyota anywhere in the world, and Lexus is far more distinct from Toyota than Scion is) LFA uses a single clutch electrohydraulic transmission - no torque converter in sight. As for the Audi? I'm not sure about the older R-tronic transmission (which wasn't amazing, but I don't know exactly how it worked), but the new ones are either the S-tronic (double clutch, and much better than the old R-tronic) or manual. Once again, no torque converters here.
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