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The auto gearbox is offered on the 125kW version as a $2300 option. Transmission: Standard with six-speed manual (125kW version) or six-speed Tiptronic auto (147kW version). Tiptronic gearbox optional on base model. VWs 4MOTION all wheel drive.
When Volkswagen were kind enough to loan me a Golf GTI fitted with DSG for a week, I fell so deeply in love with its gear changes, I emptied the petrol they'd filled it with and refilled it twice on my own dime. For someone who lives only 8km from the office, and considering I averaged 15-16L/100...
And even the Tiger had a stand in for most of the shows, with a re-badged four cylinder Sunbeam Alpine, with Tiger script on the side. That car is thought to have been a Mustang Shelby GT500KR Convertible, but it was the Chief's so it really doesn't count.