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Originally Posted by ZIPNBYE
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The DCT is an "auto" as in automated manual, but not an "automatic transmission" which includes the torque converter. R&T used the term in the right context.
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Originally Posted by JasonCSU
Yes, exactly While the DCT is technically an automated manual and is completely different from a traditional torque converter automatic transmission, it can still shift its gears automatically if you want it to. The fact it can shift gears without any input from the driver makes it an automatic transmission regardless of the technology behind it.
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Used as a verb, you may have a point; but as a noun, automatic transmission always includes a slushbox as part of the transmission.
It's like in IT, a PC refers to Wintel based computers and so we have PC vs. Mac debates even though a Mac is a "Personal Computer" too, regardless of the technology behind it, as you put it.