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Diesel boom may benefit Dualtronic.(Suppliers)(BorgWarner Inc.)

Automotive News Europe,  July, 2003  by Chew, Edmund

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Byline: Edmund Chew

Supplier: BorgWarner

Innovation: DualTronic dual-clutch transmission

Europe's diesel boom has helped grow BorgWarner's turbocharger business. It now hopes for a similar boost for its innovative DualTronic dual-clutch transmission technology.

The technology enables a manual transmission to perform like an automatic.

Automatic transmissions are a hard sell in Europe. But Bernd Matthes, director of dual-clutch transmission systems at BorgWarner Automotive, believes DualTronic could convert European drivers who prefer manual shifts.

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