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Originally Posted by Archer256
time will tell, but if you look at trends by the companies dct's are getting popular and replacing stick in the higher end cars, not just the supers. it's iffy.
yes toyota said h-pattern 6 speed, we were just theorizing if they would potentially offer a pure DCT option as well
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IMHO, I think the DCT will replace the auto (slush) box once you bring down the costs of manufacturing one. If you think about the user experience, what is the difference between a DCT and an Auto with manual mode? Yes, the shift time in DCT is faster, there is no dispute on that. However, for both systems, you can either use paddle or shifter to manually shift gears, and you do not need to learn the technique on your left foot. Furthermore, with DCT you can also set the *auto* mode so that it shifts for you. What would that be different than the one with torque converter?
Yes, DCT is being used extensively on super cars. My ideas is that because those cars are getting faster and hard to control, but the potential owners may not be that well-educated to handle those cars in manual transmission so those companies just put DCT to save the trouble.
I think it may be proven on magazine testing that using a DCT can get faster 0-60 or 1/4 time. That does not mean it will replace the fun to use a manual transmission.