Volkswagen first adopted Aisin's gearbox, but later, because many Volkswagen models became direct competitors with Toyota in positioning, and Toyota was Aisin's major shareholder, it was easy for Volkswagen to be limited in the supply of manufacturers. Later, Volkswagen was forced to choose to independently develop the gearbox.
However, in the selection of gearbox types, because AT and CVT technologies have been basically mastered by major automobile brands and manufacturers, it is difficult for Volkswagen to bypass the professional barriers of competitors from the beginning. After learning from a painful experience, Volkswagen finally chose the dual-clutch gearbox that was not popular at that time. However, the dual clutch at that time was not suitable for civilian vehicles, so Volkswagen and Borg Warner developed the first dual clutch gearbox after painstaking research.
It was not until 2002 that Volkswagen launched the world's first powershift-DQ250 wet six-speed dual-clutch gearbox, which can be mounted on civilian vehicles. At the same time, this gearbox is also the first mass production model jointly developed and produced by Volkswagen and Borg Warner, which is applied to a DualTronic(R) technical power shift on mainstream models. At that time, this gearbox was first used in Audi TT and Golf R32, and it performed well in German market and track. However, after coming to China, due to the domestic congested road conditions, the performance of the dual clutch is not only difficult to play, but even the setback, abnormal noise and service life are more serious than other gearboxes, so the public has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
At the same time, this is also the reason why the national standard consumers have not accepted the dual-clutch gearbox. At this time, under the great pressure of market competition, patent technical barriers and technology popularization, Volkswagen has to make two different market strategies in order not to waste its R&D success and huge investment. One of them is to continue to carry AT gearboxes in countries that meet special laws and regulations, such as the United States, but in most other areas, most Volkswagen models are basically equipped with self-developed dual-clutch gearboxes, including their hometown of Germany.