The twin-clutch computerized transmission’s deficit at VW simply went up.
On the divulge of the 2025 Taos on Thursday in Orlando, Florida, Volkswagen informed Motor Authority its DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission is now useless within the U.S. except for some efficiency automobile packages.
The 2024 Taos compact crossover SUV was once the extreme mainstream holdout to do business in the automaker’s DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox), and it was once paired with the all-wheel-drive type. Entrance-wheel pressure fashions had already moved directly to a standard 8-speed computerized transmission with a torque converter. The refreshed 2025 Taos drops the dual-clutch transmission completely with all fashions now carrying the 8-speed computerized with a torque converter.
“It was once a take a look at within the Taos. You probably have a hatchback and you wish to have an SUV, you might be transferring from your GTI. It was once a query whether or not mass-market adopters transferring from a smaller automobile like a GTI would to find that great, and we listened to buyer comments,” VW product supervisor Melinda Godec informed MA.
2025 Volkswagen Taos
Godec mentioned the Taos is a conquest automobile that grabs marketplace percentage and consumers from competition. The ones competitor vehicles don’t have dual-clutch computerized transmissions, and the DSG didn’t meet their riding expectancies. The problem stemmed from smoothness of shifts and transmission engagement off the series. With the DSG, there’s a lag because the clutches have interaction when transferring ahead from a oppose.
“We need to meet them (the customer) where they are and not expect changed behavior,” Godec mentioned.
The extreme automobiles to hold on with VW’s DSG dual-clutch computerized transmission are the Jetta GLI sport sedan in conjunction with the Golf GTI and Golf R sizzling hatches.
Godec mentioned that Volkswagen is sight gross sales quantity build up as a result of U.S.-specific form configurations for client personal tastes.
Volkswagen offered the DSG dual-clutch computerized transmission within the 2003 Mk4 Golfing R32 sizzling hatch, however the transmission didn’t come to the U.S. till 2007 with the Mk5 R32.
