I watched a bit of the video, all my thoughts about it looking fat and frumpy dissolved when it did that hairpin turn.
It looks great while moving.
Just don't stare at the pictures too long or compare it to the original.
I want to see one in person now.
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I finished watching the video, the review was quite taken by this car.
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There’s a 1.8-litre four-cylinder turbo engine that makes 249bhp and drives through a dual-clutch automatic gearbox to the rear wheels. But why no manual? Two reasons. First, there wasn’t the money to do one, and second, there was no guarantee anyone would buy one anyway. So they spent the money making the Getrag DCT better than it is in, say, a Renault Sport Clio. It has wet clutches rather than dry ones, to improve refinement and response. As well as a relatively clean centre console, then, there are paddles fixed to steering column in an interior that is, compared with a Porsche 718 Cayman, for example, what, exactly?
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So, it's a paddle shifter?
http://www.getrag.com/en/products/powershift/Dual_Clutch_Transmissions.html
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GETRAG Dual-Clutch Transmissions
Two transmissions in one
Dual-clutch transmissions consist of two sub-transmissions: while driving in one gear in the active sub-transmission, the system has already preselected the new target gear in the passive sub-transmission. When the software signals a gear change, the clutch of the passive sub-transmission closes while the clutch of the active sub-transmission is opened. As the two clutches overlap, there is no torque interruption.
Compared to conventional automotive transmissions with torque converters, dual-clutch transmissions are about 5 % more economical – and more than 20 % in some driving cycles and vehicles. Low fuel consumption is just one of the benefits: the GETRAG dual-clutch transmissions provide great driving comfort, yet offer a great deal of fun, for example with special functions such as race start.
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