Things you learn

The VW ID3 has, despite weighing more than a really heavy thing, drum brakes at the back. And why not? The front ones do most of the work and it has regenerative braking anyway.

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The latest Focus, like the Fiesta and related Puma, is available with a (very) mild hybrid system. It’s only available as a manual.

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The Focus is infamous in some markets for its dry clutch DCT. The current Focus therefore has an eight speed torque converter automatic option. but not the ST. That gains a new DCT.

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The Fiesta is also notorious for its Getrag/Magna GT DCT. The current model has recently acquired the option of a new seven speed DCT, also by Getrag.

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