7-speed DSG to be used in Golf and Golf plus made by VW

Shanghai. January 3 (Gasgoo.com) – Volkswagen will apply 7-speed DSG technology to Golf and Golf Plus produced by FAW-VW, the company announced last week.

 

The new unit will initially start series production in the Golf and Golf Plus, and is available for the 1.4 TSI engine (90 kW), previously only available with a manual gearbox, and for the 1.9 TDI engine (77 kW), according to Green Car Congress.

 

Fuel consumption figures for the Golf / Golf plus 1.9 TDI with the 7-speed DSG are 0.7 liters per 100 km lower than they are with the 6-speed DSG. In the Golf hatchback, compared with the six-speed manual version, the new seven-speed DSG brings a 10 g/km CO2 saving (down from 149 g/km in the manual to 139) and a fuel consumption improvement of 0.4 liters per 100 km (from a combined 6.3 l/100km for the manual to 5.9 l/100km for the 7-speed DSG—about 40 mpg US).

 

The new 7-speed automatic transmission is the first DSG for front-traverse installation. It is also the first with a dry sump. This not only saves considerable weight and improves the efficiency of the system but also makes the new gearbox more compact. The maximum torque that can be transmitted is up to 250 Nm.

 

As with the six-speed DSG gearbox, of which more than one million have been produced since launch the new seven-speed system features a hill-hold function to aid starts when the vehicle is on an incline.