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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by trynumber9 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:57AM (#12975347)
DCTs are typically 3–5% more fuel-efficient than manual transmissions.
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by pedrocr on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:05AM (#12975398)
That's to be expected as a dual-clutch transmission is a robotically operated manual transmission with an extra degree of freedom. Most automatics are completely different technology that has always been less efficient.
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