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Originally Posted by RPM90
Plus, the ZF can do multi gear downshifts and skip gears whereas the dual clutch trannies can not. In the ZF if you go from 6th to 3rd it will only need to do one shift and you're in 3rd. The dual clutch needs to shift down each gear even though it does it very fast. The ZF feels faster on downshift because it can skip.
Upshifts are just as fast with the sport ZF as dual clutches, and that's per ZF who also make the DCT.
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This is simply untrue. BMW DCT can downshift without going through each gear. You give it judicious acceleration, and hold the downshift lever. It can go directly from 7th to 4th, no problem.