We have 5-year old Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tires fitted on one of our performance cars (a VW Golf GTI Mk5 with a 6-speed manual gearbox) and it looks like its time for us to retire them for this Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 to feel the improvements.

The 2012 update to the Carnival lineup means the loss of the short-wheelbase models and the end to the manual gearbox, which had held the potential bottom line down to $33,890. So the starter car is now the Grand Carnival V6 auto at $38,990. That's not cheap but it is still good value and Kia Australia has figures to support its move.

"Why have we discontinued the short-wheelbase Carnival? Because no-one was buying it," says Kia spokesman, Kevin Hepworth. "The problem with the short-wheelbase Carnival was that it was seriously compromised as an eight-seater. It was more suitable for a famil

Volkswagen Golf GTD Its for European mkt, my guess it will come std wt manual gearbox wt option for the DSG6 wet clutch since the torque is 380nm (way above the dsg7 dry clutch max torque rating of abt 250-260nm)

Take a closer look into this DQ250 Transmission. A direct-shift gearbox commonly abbreviated to DSG is an electronically controlled dual-clutch multiple- shaft manual gearbox, in a transaxle design-without a conventional clutch pedal and with full automatic or semi-manual control.

In simple terms , DSG is two separate manual gearboxes and clutches contained within one housing and it using two independent clutches , DSG can achieve faster shift times, and eliminates the conventional epicyclic automatic transmission.