[bryce]

Originally Posted by jeremyc74

By very definition "automatic" means it shifts by itself. Throwing the torque converter in there is pointless. Do you not consider a CVT an automatic? All torque converter based transmission can take driver input for gear selection. Calling them manuals because of that is just marketing BS.

DCT is an automatic transmission. It shifts automatically. That doesn't means it's the same as a traditional torque converter based transmission, but it's damn sure not manual in any sense of the word.