7 Speed DSG starting soon?

[Jondalar]

I've just noticed that as of yesterday the VW Aus site is showing the Alltrack as 7 Speed DSG and you can no longer build the Wolfsburg edition. The MY 18.5 brochure is ambiguous saying 6 in some parts and 7 in others. Does anyone know for sure when the 7 speeds DSG (wet clutch) is coming to the Passat in Australia? I didn't think this would happen until the 8.5 update sometime next year.

Cheers,
Karl

[doc_777]

Comfortline 132 is already 7 speed. My wife’s 2016 spec has it.

[Jondalar]

Yeah but that's not the new 7 speed wet clutch, totally different animal.

[Kachingg]

Yeah but that's not the new 7 speed wet clutch, totally different animal.

Yeah that is is indeed i have it in my golf alltrack and it makes the 6 speed dq250 look lame i paddle shift mine so often i got paddle extenders for the little dinky factory ones

It is so smooth and shift points are great

[Jondalar]

Yeah that is is indeed i have it in my golf alltrack and it makes the 6 speed dq250 look lame i paddle shift mine so often i got paddle extenders for the little dinky factory ones

It is so smooth and shift points are great

Yeah I experienced it when I test drove a Golf R Wolfsburg. Loved it apart from the synthesised sound track inside the car which doesn't sound like the outside so much lol. Unfortunately a little too low to toe ground for me to use as a daily driver.

Cheers,
Karl

[Jondalar]

Sorry I should have made it clear in the title that I am referring to the wet clutch 7 speed as used with the 206 TSI and 140 TDI engines.

[tigger73]

According to the RVCS site, the MY18 Passat has the 7 speed DSG in the 132TSI and 140TDI and 6 speed in the 206TSI.

Now the million dollar question is whether the 7 speed is the older DQ200 or newer DQ380/381.

[limiteded]

It is changing from 6 speed wet clutch to 7 speed wet clutch for Passat s with the 140tdi motor only

As per the flyer for my18.5 updates

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...golf-r-185-jpg

originally posted page 95 of golf Wolfsburg thread

[Jimi]

That doesn’t include the 206, only the TDI. Seems weird that a lower model would get a better gearbox

[Jondalar]

That doesn’t include the 206, only the TDI. Seems weird that a lower model would get a better gearbox

Maybe it's about the torque, plus 206 is kind of superseded isn't it? (By current Golf 7.5 R engine)