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Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD
The engineers blew the GDP of Singapore on standard 4 piston brembos, Koni FSD shocks and EVO X style metal paddle shifters ... leaving $0 on noise insulation and a coffee break worth of suspension, powertrain tuning.
It bobs and dives over every bump and is so slow in normal mode that a 1.8L Corolla would gap it.
The Italian program team picks the worst trannys - dry clutch in 500X was also their fault.
Hard to find a transverse box that can do 400lbft torque - this one uses Aisin F21-250, same as V6 RAV4, Sienna, Jeep Renegade.
FWIW I thought the BMW FWD DCT was reasonable, Aisin 8 in BMW is good if you drive it hard, and the Acura 10 speed is great with the J series V6 but terrible with the turbo 4.
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I'm surprised it bobs even with FSD, those are universially praised. But even considering those parts, it would maybe have costed them the GDP of Mali for spec them. It would hardly make on dent on the iterative development needed for a good tranny tune and drive modes. And that goes all the way back to not investing in good baseline settings as quite a few of their small car drivetrains or newly released drivetrains suffer. The big stuff is good it seems.
The BMW DCT was slow in my F56 but not to the realm of annoying. It is straight up annoying in the latest rendition I tried in the 24 X1. The 22 wasn't as bad, but BMW does change the tuning yoy. We had a MY19 X3, and a MY20 X3 tranny feels very different.
The Aisin8 I had experience with in the various Minis and old X1, it was slow and couldn't figure out which gear it's supposed to be in and constantly gets caught with it's pants down.
The Acura 10sp was in the RDX, it was mostly fine around town, but it has this HUGE lag if you are just rolling along and then getting on the gas. SG found the same issue with the MDX and he made half a video about it.