Mercedes-Benz and BMW don't use dual clutch, why should Audi use it?

There is an order to buy an AT gearbox, which will happen when you ask for help in the WeChat chat group. Audi's acquisition of gearbox AT suffered a merciless blow, and the ashamed and brave Audi was ready to develop its own gearbox. However, AT gearbox is the most difficult in technology and research and development among all gearboxes, and Audi lacks technical accumulation in this respect. The patent of AT gearbox is also in the hands of ZF, Aisin and other manufacturers, forming a patent barrier. However, the torque that CVT gearbox can bear is limited, and Audi should be used in high-end models. Therefore, Audi has only one way to develop a dual-clutch gearbox. So don't think that Audi really has the foresight to think that the dual clutch gearbox is the future, and it is a smoke bomb released by the manufacturer.

Audi's high-end models can't buy 6AT with relatively low price, but if you buy 8AT from ZF, the cost will be very high. And as I said just now, it is impossible for Audi to buy all gearboxes from suppliers, and it is easy to get stuck by suppliers. Chuanqi GS8 has encountered this problem. Moreover, if the gearbox is independently developed, the manufacturing cost and research and development cost of the dual-clutch gearbox are much lower than that of the at gearbox. Audi chose the lowest cost direction when developing its own gearbox intelligently. No matter in the United States, Europe or China, the government's emission and fuel consumption standards for automobile enterprises are not low.

Audi and the Volkswagen Group behind it are enterprises with less technology accumulation and fewer new energy vehicles in the new energy field. The transmission efficiency of dual-clutch gearbox is the highest among automatic gearboxes, and it is easier to meet the needs of emission policy. Volkswagen Double Clutch once boarded the 3 15 party because of its gas death. The dual-clutch technology of Volkswagen and Audi has gradually matured, and it is already the best dual-clutch gearbox on the market in terms of life, failure rate and ride comfort. In particular, Audi's wet dual clutch is a dual clutch gearbox, which is basically imperceptible in daily driving, except for some low-speed jerks. No matter why Audi has to use a dual clutch gearbox, Audi's dual clutch performance has always been good, not to mention the color change of the dual clutch.

Most car owners can't accept the design of dual clutch. They think there are too many problems. The quality of a double-clutch car is unreliable and prone to problems. At the same time, Audi was once pushed to the forefront; It is reported that the current sales volume proves that its decision is not wrong, so what is the reason? To answer this question, we should start with the gearbox. Although many car companies attach great importance to engines, and most of them are developed by themselves, they are all three major parts of cars. In the field of gearbox, few automobile companies participate in R&; D process BBA used to use ZF gearbox, but BMW has a close relationship with it, so in order to limit its competitor Audi, ZF often refuses to provide gearbox for Audi on the grounds of production; As for Mercedes-Benz, it has its own 9AT gearbox, which is enough for its own use, so the means of ZF have little influence on it.