After coming across information about the new Fiat Bravo, to be released in Australia some time this year, I've been trying to find out what exactly the DuaLogic gearbox is (I don't even know if it'll be an option in the Bravo or whatever its name will ultimately be for the Australian market; Bravo is already taken by Mazda, apparently).
Is it a normal-looking manual gearbox with normal-looking gear lever and a normal-looking clutch pedal that can be turned into "automatic" mode and does the gear lever move itself when the gears are changed?
If it's nothing more than an everyday automatic with gear-up and gear-down levers along with D, R, N, and P, then I don't really get what's so exciting about the DuaLogic.
I kinda thought that a manual car that's as manual as every other car that had a button to "automate" the manual changes but still could operate 100% like a manual (including the clutch pedal) would be great, but I suspect that this isn't the case...
Does anybody have any hard facts on the DuaLogic that don't leave unanswered questions like the ones I've raised above? I especially would like to know if you can operate the clutch pedal yourself when not in automatic mode.
Thanks
Is it a normal-looking manual gearbox with normal-looking gear lever and a normal-looking clutch pedal that can be turned into "automatic" mode and does the gear lever move itself when the gears are changed?
If it's nothing more than an everyday automatic with gear-up and gear-down levers along with D, R, N, and P, then I don't really get what's so exciting about the DuaLogic.
I kinda thought that a manual car that's as manual as every other car that had a button to "automate" the manual changes but still could operate 100% like a manual (including the clutch pedal) would be great, but I suspect that this isn't the case...
Does anybody have any hard facts on the DuaLogic that don't leave unanswered questions like the ones I've raised above? I especially would like to know if you can operate the clutch pedal yourself when not in automatic mode.
Thanks