S ail ing ▁equipment ▁Category : W oven ▁fab rics <0x0A> </s> ▁[[ File : V W ▁D SG ▁transmission ▁D T MB . jpg | th umb | right | Part - cut away ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁Volks wagen ▁Group ▁six - speed ▁dual - cl utch ▁transmission , ▁the ▁direct - shift ▁g ear box : ▁The ▁concent ric ▁multi - plate ▁cl ut ches ▁have ▁been ▁section ed , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁me chat ron ics ▁module . ▁This ▁also ▁shows ▁the ▁additional ▁power ▁take - off ▁unit ▁for ▁distrib uting ▁tor que ▁to ▁the ▁rear ▁ax le ▁for ▁four - w heel ▁drive ▁applications .— View ▁this ▁image ▁with ▁annotations ]] ▁ ▁A ▁dual - cl utch ▁transmission ▁( D CT ) ▁( s ometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁tw in - cl utch ▁transmission ▁or ▁double - cl utch ▁transmission ) ▁is ▁essentially ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁autom ated ▁manual ▁transmission ▁in ▁autom ob iles , ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁a ▁manual ▁transmission . ▁It ▁uses ▁two ▁separate ▁cl ut ches ▁for ▁odd ▁and ▁even ▁g ear ▁sets . ▁It ▁can ▁fund ament ally ▁be ▁described ▁as ▁two ▁separate ▁manual ▁transm issions ▁with ▁their ▁respective ▁cl ut ches ▁contained ▁within ▁one ▁housing , ▁and ▁working ▁as ▁one ▁unit . ▁Although ▁usually ▁operated ▁in ▁a ▁fully ▁automatic ▁mode , ▁many ▁also ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁driver ▁to ▁manually ▁shift ▁g ears ▁in ▁semi - autom atic ▁mode , ▁al beit ▁still ▁using ▁the ▁transmission ' s ▁electro h yd