To see how the DSG works in practice, I drove one of the first cars sold in America with the gearbox: a 2008 MK5 Golf R32. (Although the 2003 MK4 Golf R32 was the first production car with a DSG ...

Neil Carey, evo’s designer and the R32’s regular keeper, never really wanted the DSG ’box, but it was decided that we should live with one for a while, just to see if it really does deliver ...

Launched in 2002, the Golf R32’s visual transformation was a subtle ... but the R32 was also the first car to offer VW’s Direct-Shift Gearbox, or DSG dual-clutch transmission - shortly before ...