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Originally Posted by mt3130
The PDK is specific to Porsche, and GM's 8 speed doesn't hold a candle to it. They (GM) advertised that it was faster than the Porsche unit, but real world testing shows that GM still has a ways to go in terms of transmission downshift times as well as paddle responsiveness for both upshifts and downshifts.
The 10 speed is more promising in that the torque converter doesn't have to unlock to change gears. If the paddle shifters work properly, then the 10 speed is probably the unit to compare to the PDK.
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This. Although I haven't driven the A8, everything I have seen shows clearly noticeable lag and responsiveness through the paddles unfortunately. Only driven one vehicle with a ZF 8 speed (buddies scat pack) and it seemed to respond from the paddles pretty well. I should go test drive an A8 6th gen lol.