I agree Nick, the DSG has all the advantages of the Tip and more, and looses some of its disadvantages as well:

- The Tip (hydrallic torque converter automatic) is much heavier than a manual tranny. The DSG should be roughly the same weight as the manual.

- The Tip robs some torque from the engine during the shifts, the DSG doesn't.

- The Tip is slower in shifting than a DSG which is 10x faster in upshifting than the BMW-SMG's sequential and even more so than the Ferrari F1. There is practically no interruption of power in the DSG unlike any other box due to the double clucth.

- The Tip only has 5 gears, while 6 gears are superior performancewise, the DSG can have 6 gears or even 7.

- All these things combined causes slower acceleration times than the manual, the DSG is faster than the Tip but can even actually be faster than the manual in acceleration.

- And lastly the DSG should be cheaper to build for Porsche than the torque converter Tip hence saving production costs.