When it comes to gas mileage, Volkswagen's always had a competitive
lineup of vehicles. Even still, the company wants to improve its fuel
economy by 15 percent across the board come 2020. As part of said
initiative, VW Group development boss Hans-Jakob Neusser announced plans
to introduce the world's first 10-speed dual-clutch automatic
transmission. Yes, we said 10-speed. Set to arrive in a variety of 2015
FWD
and RWD models, the transmission is capable of handling up to 369 pound-feet or torque (which would be enough to power the rumored
Golf R400
super-GTI seen above). Such a gearbox would save you some dollars by
better optimizing the engine's RPMs, so basically, you get better gas
mileage without sacrificing power. That's a win-win, right?
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