Thought I would post the question in this section as I believe the A6 can have either type. I wondered what the difference is between the Stronic and the Tiptronic gearboxes and how they play out in terms of driving. Any thoughts most welcome.
Gaz is right lol
However drove both S-Tronic (3.0 245) and Triptronic (my 3.0 biTDI 313) and in automatic and manual they felt almost the same going up the gears. With automatic and manual dropping down the gears the S-Tronic was more willing and quick to drop but in automatic and some situations it felt the S-Tronic was searching for gears which the Triptronic still hasn't done for me.
Yes the ZF boxes can handle quite a lot mines is dealing with 912nm torque.
Not quite - the pre-facelift 245TDI's used the ZF (tiptronic), but the later models use the Steptronic/S-tronic (DSG).The only versions of the A6/A7 that have the triptronic are the bitdi and the rs7 the rest including the s7 use the 7 speed s-tronic.
Like mentioned above the triptronic in sport mode or if you change from a comfort mode to dynamic limits itself to 7th gear to make sure its ready to give you more go and a sportier response.
So you have the later TDI, where the revised S-tronic (they changed the mechatronic units) has been tested to handle the toque better... it's a lot stronger, but the ~250PS TDI's are the highest torque engines that they put the DSG in, so you're already close to the limit... even if I get the pulley changed on my supercharger and I'm pushing 450bhp, only then will I be getting CLOSE to the stock torque that you have (although I'll have most of that from ~1500rpm to 6500rpm )....No not biturbo. it has the code for tiptronic on the ladel but only has 7 speed
Okay should have been phrased to say that the earlier 245PS models had the ZF... later models had the DSG.... I can't remember the exact date of the switch-over..."Not quite - the pre-facelift 245TDI's used the ZF (tiptronic), but the later models use the Steptronic/S-tronic (DSG)."
Err, nope... 245 (pre-facelift) comes with the STronic 7 speed box. Happily running mine so no confusions there...
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The only "change" Audi did on C7 was to drop multi for STronic on the facelift cars... ZF was only ever used on BiTDi and RS.Okay should have been phrased to say that the earlier 245PS models had the ZF... later models had the DSG.... I can't remember the exact date of the switch-over...
Feel I need to qualify this statement a bit further: this is the case for the UK market; not sure if there were differences elsewhere.The only "change" Audi did on C7 was to drop multi for STronic on the facelift cars... ZF was only ever used on BiTDi and RS.
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Yes the ZF boxes can handle quite a lot mines is dealing with 912nm torque.