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Originally Posted by ASAP
The real question is how immediate the response on downshifts will be? Can I bang 3 gears down immediatelly? Will it shift as soon as I click the paddle? If so... no concern but I have not yet driven an auto that was as good as a dct... Porsche even keeps the DCT in a Macan... thats the real head scratcher if the auto is better more comfortable.
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Well the Macan is supposed to be the sporty SUV, so it makes sense to give it the DCT. For the Cayenne they do use the Tiptronic converter...
I guess you will not be able to bang 3 gears down immediately due to the nature of the planetary gears. The DCT basically being two automated manuals will always have the next gear available on the "other" manual transmission shaft and thus having double the time to prepare for the next shift. It will be faster when shifting multiple gears at once no matter if it's up or down (the planertary will only have the next predicted gear available, try shifting up while breaking it will take noticeably longer).
On most tracks this won't be an issue though, since braking/coasting zones will usually take much longer than the downshifts.