The latest generation A8 luxury limousine and the Q7 full-size SUV were the first vehicles to benefit from Audi’s new eight-speed gearbox. Now, the new automatic transmission will be made available to ...

Autonomous engine stop-start systems, designed to save fuel by turning off a car’s engine when at a standstill, are increasing in popularity, especially in Europe, where fuel prices are often double ...

The dual-clutch DSG automatic currently available in several U.S. Volkswagens and Audis has earned stellar reviews for its smoothness and lightening-quick gear changes. Today Audi hasupped the ante, ...

Ever since the Audi TT got a dual-clutch transmission back in 2003, these are-they-manuals-or-nah gearboxes have become the hot new thing in the high-performance car world. But Audi first tried out a ...

Automatic transmissions have evolved so dramatically over the past decades that today the same term covers fundamentally different mechanisms. A classical hydromechanical automatic transmission, a ...