Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > It is true that automatic transmissions and gasoline turbo engines work very > well together. > > Not saying the basic 3 speed slush box the vanagon has is so great an > auto trans .... it's 'all right' basically. but turbo gas and good > auto trans together - nice combo for sure. In fact Mercedes Benz for example, never offered a turbodiesel with a manual gearbox. With an automatic you keep the turbo spooled up through gear changes. A turbo with a tiptronic would probably be fun. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL |
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