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Mitsubishi Fits SST Dual-Clutch Gearbox to Outlander SUV

Already heralded as one of the first high-performance dual-clutch gearboxes to be put into an affordable car, Mitsubishi’s Sport Shift Transmission (SST) will also see use in the company’s Outlander SUV. This is the first implementation of a dual-clutch gearbox in an SUV and is another step towards the eventual demise of the torque-converter based automatic transmission.

Advantages of dual-clutch technology over both traditional automatic and manual transmissions are numerous [...]