Volkswagen product chief Wolfgang Bernhard is placing a lot of faith in the VW Group's DSG gearboxes. DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox), described as two gearboxes in one (one clutch operates odd-numbered gears and reverse; the other, even gears) has been in place on VW models since 2003, and Bernhard sees it as the future transmission for the company's transverse-engined vehicles.
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