Just a question about DSG. Are all automatic transmissions created after 2004 equipped with this? I am looking for a coupe with this option. I am looking for a coupe version.

Is there anything I should be looking out for? Thanks!

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Audi fields a purely automatic transmission, and a TipTronic transmission, both of which are torque converter autos.

The DSG is a servo controlled DUAL clutch manual.
Essentially, a manual where the two clutches are controlled by software.

It is the best performance transmission made... AND you can drive it like an automatic as you please.


I would suggest shying away from the 2004 DSGs as that was their first year on the street.
Go for a 2005 or newer.

The DSG in the 04-05 is only available with the 3.2- as that era DSG was unable to deal with the variable torque of turbos... but you will be happier for the performance and low rpm muscle of the 3.2- not to mention it's far sweeter exhaust note.


I would highly recommend looking for an S badged TT 2005- these came with not only the DSG, but also larger brakes, performance suspension and stiffer sway bars, as well as a hotter tune for the engine.

You can tell its S badged by the small red and silver badge low on the side of the car, aft of the doors.
Many used car resellers will not realize the car is DSG nor S-line equipped.
If you see this badge in a photo online, chances are its a DSG equipped TT.

Aside from some limited release two seaters with old fashioned manuals and lighter high turbo boost engines, The S-line DSG is the highest performance TT made in 04 and 05.

The Two seaters had a slightly better power to weight and weight distribution--- but there is no way you can outshift the DSG in any car.

PS-
another thing is in 2004 and 2005 Only the DSG equipped cars have paddle shifters on the wheel.

( today- Audi's newer cars like the A5 are available with a tiptronic that has paddle shifters... but back in 05 only DSG had it )

I have had my 05 DSG Quattro for 20 months now and it is the most fun I have ever had in a car.
I test drove a lot of TTs and the S-line DSG coupe was the TT that drove the most like a sports car.

Don't know what you define as "paddles but my 2004 Tiptronic has shifter buttons on the steering wheel..

Paddle shifters are behind the wheel, on the back side of the spokes.
Usually, all you can see of them is a small tab above and behind the spokes- the left has a Minus sign and the right has a Plus sign.

Audi has taken to putting paddle shifters on many of their tiptronic automatics, such as the A5...
But I was not aware they had paddle shifters on any 04 or 05 TTs other than the DSGs.


All I can say is that I drove 2005 Porsches, Mercedes, BMW M cars, G35s, and every variant of tiptronic and servo-clutch manual out there... the Audi DSG made them all seem lame, sluggish and awkward.

I loathed the torque converter autos.

and Stick and Pedal manuals are quaint, retro, obsolete, and sooo last century...

in a year and a half of hard, high performance driving, my engine has never been beyond redline, never stalled nor lugged, never missed a shift, never ground a gear...
Even accelerating as fast as she can go... I have never so much as jerked a passengers' head as much as a millimeter... their only clue to gear changes is the sound of the engine... what they feel is pure, smooth, continuous acceleration.
I seldom touch the brake, unshifting and downshifting effortlessly to control speed, instantly, without so much as a second's thought...
And yet I can just as easily tune out and forget about it and drive like its the smoothest automatic in the world...

Versatility, power, speed, control, safety... DSG is the future of performance transmissions.

Anyone who hasn't driven one... ought to.