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Originally Posted by shellbmb
How's the 6 sp transmission in the X6m? There aren't any close by to test. Closest thing is an X65.0 which I'm going to try to drive this weekend.
Any comparisons to the DCT in the M3/M5 or the MCT in the C63/E63?
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It is an automatic. I drove a Panamera S with the PDK and it felt like there was a little midget race car driver in the car somewhere doing race-perfect shifts for me in the car. Much as I love the X6M, there is no comparison to a dual clutch transmission and an automatic.
In sport mode it is pretty aggressive and will downshift to keep in the powerband, and will also upshift late / at proper time (unlike regular D mode which is geared towards fuel economy and will upshift way early all the time). All in all, in S mode it's programmed for sporty shifts but a DCT it is not. A good dual clutch transmission is a whole different ball game.