Automated transmissions never convinced Brazilians

The automatic transmission for decades was of the conventional type, with a torque converter instead of the clutch. Or there was also the option of the CVT, continuously variable, with infinite gears.

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Until electronics arrived to subvert this order and brought the computerized automatic with one or two clutches. The automated transmission of a clutch never worked here in Brazil, it was called Dualogic or GSR at Fiat, iMotion at Volkswagen, Easytronic at GM and so on.

None worked, but there was also the two-clutch clutch, which generated less rejection in general. One of them was a disaster, Ford’s PowerShift, while the other, Volkswagen, Hyundai’s DSG and other brands’ DSG, works well. Still, most factories went back and adopted the traditional automatic transmission with torque converter.