indeed, I also find it overall a better design, although I do like the concave grille on the facelift Sport GT S. for me, the most coherent inside and out is the pre-facelift Sport GT. unfortunately, it seems few good examples are still around (for sale).
I’m with you on that! I used to think that pre face lift was hideous!! More and more I see it, the beauty comes out, to where I think post face life is meh and pre face lift is artwork
Yes the rear lights has a sense of oldschool mafia look to them that makes you want to take a step back and beware of your surroundings, it excudes horror delight
A few subtle differences worth mentioning about the whole Automatica vs DuoSelect: Duo has the transmission mounted as a transaxle, meaning it's not directly behind the engine, unlike the Automatica. Therefore it has slightly better weight distribution and is even slightly lighter than Automatica; They have vastly different gear ratios, with the Duo being a close-ratio gearbox. The Automatica is so wide-ratio (as any vehicle equipped with a ZF 6HP) it never reaches 6th gear for top speed, where the Duo uses all of it's 6 forwards gears, better maintaining the engine at high revs (which is where the power is at). This also means the Automatica is quieter on highway, too; Duo has a manual handbrake, while Automatica has electronic parking brake (as the whole center console has been redesigned... Actually, great part of the car has been); And last but not least, EVERY DUO has paddle shifters (You pull both to put it in neutral), same cannot be said about Automatica. I believe it was an option on the base/Executive GT, but standard on S/ Sport GT/ Sport GT S, but can't confirm. Also, little quirk: Since the DuoSelect is a manual transmission mechanically speaking, there is no "Parking" mode.
Is it just me, or is the pre-facelift looking better and better with each passing day? Especially from the back...
Great video! Keep posting!
indeed, I also find it overall a better design, although I do like the concave grille on the facelift Sport GT S. for me, the most coherent inside and out is the pre-facelift Sport GT. unfortunately, it seems few good examples are still around (for sale).
I’m with you on that! I used to think that pre face lift was hideous!! More and more I see it, the beauty comes out, to where I think post face life is meh and pre face lift is artwork
Very good breakdown of a bewildering model list.
I agree. I own a facelift.. but next time i will probably get the original. Also i think the duoselect drives better than the zf auto.
Yes the rear lights has a sense of oldschool mafia look to them that makes you want to take a step back and beware of your surroundings, it excudes horror delight
For me this is The best looking and sounding sedan ever made
A few subtle differences worth mentioning about the whole Automatica vs DuoSelect:
Duo has the transmission mounted as a transaxle, meaning it's not directly behind the engine, unlike the Automatica. Therefore it has slightly better weight distribution and is even slightly lighter than Automatica;
They have vastly different gear ratios, with the Duo being a close-ratio gearbox. The Automatica is so wide-ratio (as any vehicle equipped with a ZF 6HP) it never reaches 6th gear for top speed, where the Duo uses all of it's 6 forwards gears, better maintaining the engine at high revs (which is where the power is at). This also means the Automatica is quieter on highway, too;
Duo has a manual handbrake, while Automatica has electronic parking brake (as the whole center console has been redesigned... Actually, great part of the car has been);
And last but not least, EVERY DUO has paddle shifters (You pull both to put it in neutral), same cannot be said about Automatica. I believe it was an option on the base/Executive GT, but standard on S/ Sport GT/ Sport GT S, but can't confirm.
Also, little quirk: Since the DuoSelect is a manual transmission mechanically speaking, there is no "Parking" mode.
Is chassis number the last 5 of the vin?
Vote for sport GTS 4.7 version 👍🏻 sad for those interior common problem sticky coating 🫣
What about the (facelift) Executive S?
Or is that just another name for QP S?
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