His design uses a gear head motor to provide the locomotion to this transmission. Shifting is computer controlled through serial cable, with servo motors providing the physical motion to change gears.

Although installed in a car which merits no mention here (the last iteration of the M3, with a V8 engine by the way), BMW has used a new double-clutch transmission with seven forward gears.

A dual-clutch transmission (DCT) (sometimes referred to as a twin-clutch transmission or double-clutch transmission) operates via several in-built computers. These computers eliminate the need for ...

The transmission also uses navigation data to manage shift points in full automatic mode and support the start/stop function for the engine. MINI says the double-clutch transmission features a ...