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Originally Posted by XutvJet
Because good planetary autos can up and down shift as fast as a dual clutch now. Plus they can handle more power. BMW is dumping it's dual clutches for the ZF auto across the board. The Lexus 8AT is nearly on par with the ZF 8AT.
The future is planetary autos with wet clutches rather than a torque converter. Benz is already doing it.
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The Lexus 8 spd is not even close to the ZF unit in my opinion. Clumbsy hunting for gears and not very quick on the up/down shifts when in manual mode (compared to the ZF).