The dual-disc clutch—often called a twin-disc or multi-disc clutch—is designed to increase holding power over an OE-style single-disc clutch. Not to be confused with a dual-clutch transmission (DCT), ...

Choosing between motorcycle transmission types these days is a bit more complicated than a simple manual-versus-automatic decision. In reality, it's more like four transmission options: automatic, ...

The automatic versus manual dispute regarding the transmission systems installed on a specific car has been going on for quite some time now, especially when a certain automaker came out with the ...

Manual transmissions seem to be disappearing from options lists across the automotive landscape, even for performance brands such as Ferrari and Lamborghini. One of the biggest reasons for this trend ...

One of the biggest automotive technological developments in the past 20 years is the dual-clutch gearbox, also known as the dual-clutch transmission (DCT). It’s been a performance game (and gear) ...

These days, it’s not uncommon to see V-6 equipped LLT/LFX fifth-gen Camaros hitting the track and that’s because drivers, tuners, and builders alike see just how much potential GM’s little V-6 really ...

Horse Sense:Although they are wear items, clutches typically can last for thousands of miles of non-abusive driving in stock 'Stangs. However, as we've learned over the years, horsepower will seek and ...

The Mercedes-AMG GT is a spectacular performance car that takes Mercedes AMG’s Formula 1 expertise and applies it to the world of road cars. Harnessing the power of the handcrafted turbo charged V8, ...

The Koenigsegg Jesko is too good for dual-clutch. It's too good for three clutches, or four or five or six. No, the Jesko's transmission has seven clutches, in an effort to make the time between gear ...

Porsche and Audi both used the technology in racecars of the 1980s, but it took until 2003 for Volkswagen to introduce the technology in a road car – the Golf R32. Now dual clutch gearboxes are in a ...

Here's a for instance for you. You're sitting in your car at a red light, your foot pressing the clutch pedal firmly against the floor. You plan to annihilate the tires on your car as soon as the ...

Then came a new wave of options including the continuously variable transmission (CVT), robotised manual (aka the clutchless manual, as it had no clutch pedal) and the subject of this story, the ...