[OFFICIAL] Manual v. Automatic Thread

[Jordo!]

Originally Posted by b15

The flappy paddle gearboxes as referred to on Top Gear arent torque converter automatics. Not downing the 7at, but let's not be real here. Flappy paddle gearboxes, as coined by Top Gear = dct. The 7at, is not.

Groan.

Why exactly does that matter? Performance? Concept? Imagined stigma?

The DCT on the Veloster sucks syphilitic monkey balls and the "slushbox" on the Jaguar F-type coupe is generally regarded as sublime.

No one at Top Gear is going to crap all over the new Jag because somewhere, low in it's underbelly, lurks a very embarrassingly un-sporty torque converter. I think they'll endure the shame for the good of the Empire.

The flappy paddles refer to, well, the flappy paddles, not to the presence or absence of a torque converter...