Audi A6 Saloon | A6 Avant | A6 hybrid | A6 ... - Audi South Africa
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What is the benefit of two<br />
clutches?<br />
A double saving: time and energy.<br />
The 7-speed dual-clutch transmission facilitates<br />
rapid gear shifting with hardly any perceptible<br />
interruption in power flow and is particularly<br />
efficient.<br />
Walter Röhrl tested this technology back in 1985<br />
in the Sport quattro S1 – and was suitably<br />
impressed. <strong>Audi</strong> drivers share his enthusiasm to<br />
this day, because the modern S tronic changes<br />
gear at lightning speed. To do this, two multiplate<br />
clutches serve the different gears. One<br />
large clutch transfers the torque via a solid drive<br />
shaft to the gearwheels of the odd-numbered<br />
gears. A second clutch serves the even-numbered<br />
gears via a hollow shaft. Both parts of the<br />
transmission are permanently active, but only one of<br />
them is actually connected to the engine via a closed<br />
clutch. For example, when the driver accelerates in<br />
third gear, the second part of the transmission is<br />
already engaged in fourth gear. The gear change<br />
happens very quickly through the change of clutches<br />
– the first clutch opens, whilst the second one<br />
closes. The mechanical gear change takes just a few<br />
hundredths of a second and with almost no<br />
interruption in power flow. It happens so quickly and<br />
smoothly that the driver hardly notices.<br />
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 120 onwards.<br />
It does not matter whether the driver chooses<br />
the fully automatic modes with the programs D<br />
(Drive) or S (Sport) or, for example, changes gear<br />
manually with the optional shift paddles – the<br />
gear change feels precise and extremely sportive.<br />
Even with all of this dynamic technology, the<br />
S tronic still remains very efficient, however. Due<br />
to its high level of efficiency, it helps to reduce<br />
both fuel consumption and emissions.