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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
Uh, no on the manual part. The DCT can hold top gear but other than that the gears are automatically changed. And the clutch doesn't have a foot pedal. It's an automatic and even if it was sequential it would be a manual transmission in anyway. It uses a dry clutch so there's no more advantage for towing capacity anymore.
Some of the drag racers with big HP engines use 2 speed powerglides(an automatic) and they convert them to manual shift. Other than that there's no way to mix the two without building an entirely new transmission. I'd take a 6 speed manual with a 3rd pedal over the DCT.
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It's electronically clutched, and electronically shifted. It's basically a dual-clutch style race transmission in a mass produced general sale car. 6 gears on two shafts, one clutch per shaft.
HowStuffWorks "How Dual-clutch Transmissions Work"