Road cars with sequential boxes

[vtecyo]

Do any exist apart from that Ascari? They seem like massive hooligan fun but I would imagine the development / manufacture cost compared to how many people would actually have them is quite low.

[Adam Ansel]

Caterham.

[Mazington]

Isn't there some sort of Fiat 500 Abarth special edition thing with a sequential box?

[tankplanker]

Radicals can have them as well, is only the RXC road legal?

Most BEC kit cars would be sequential come to think of it. Mine has a paddle kit fitted to it, makes a considerable different to straight line performance as you don't have to lift off to change gear.

[Gary29]

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[vtecyo]

Mazington said:

Isn't there some sort of Fiat 500 Abarth special edition thing with a sequential box?

Just googled that. The 695 biposto. Looks mental!

[wack]

Somebody I know has just taken delivery of an abarth 695 biposto with a sequential gearbox

He said it cost 60k with all the extras 190bhp 995kg

I didn't know what it was , I really wasn't expecting a Fiat 500 when he opened the garage door

Can that really cost 60k

[PositronicRay]

I don't really see the point, no block changing. Dual clutch I quite like though.

[Arun_D]

695 Biposto transmission option isn't a sequential box, it's an H-pattern still, but with dog engagement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61yDsLxwpfc

[Olivera]

wack said:

Somebody I know has just taken delivery of an abarth 695 biposto with a sequential gearbox

He said it cost 60k with all the extras 190bhp 995kg

I didn't know what it was , I really wasn't expecting a Fiat 500 when he opened the garage door

Can that really cost 60k

It's fitted with a dog-gear H pattern gearbox, not a sequential gearbox. Note a dog-gear gearbox is not necessarily a dog-leg gearbox

[NDNDNDND]

vtecyo said:

Mazington said:

Isn't there some sort of Fiat 500 Abarth special edition thing with a sequential box?

Just googled that. The 695 biposto. Looks mental!

The 695 Biposto has a dog-box, not a sequential. Still cool though.

I think the BAC Mono has a manual-clutch sequential (Hewland?) gearbox.

[vtecyo]

wack said:

Somebody I know has just taken delivery of an abarth 695 biposto with a sequential gearbox

He said it cost 60k with all the extras 190bhp 995kg

I didn't know what it was , I really wasn't expecting a Fiat 500 when he opened the garage door

Can that really cost 60k

The list price is 33k before options. I notice you said someone you know rather than your friend. Good choice.

[FourWheelDrift]

Tiger Z100 - http://www.tigerracing.com/z100.php

Road legal, powered by two engines.

[The Wookie]

Noisy, lots of backlash, high maintenance costs, I think it was even dropped on the Caterham in the end

Admittedly I do have a bit of a fantasy about building a battered mk1 Focus road car with a race tuned duratec, a sequential box and steel wheels for a stealth mini touring car but really sequentials aren't really suited to road cars.

[lostkiwi]

Smarts. Almost all of them. And any other robotic manual like an Alfa Selespeed.
Any automatic car.
Technically they are all sequential gearboxes as the only way to get into any given gear is to go through every intermediate gear between the one you want and the one you're in.

[TonyTony]

The BAC Mono has one I think?

Edit:

Powering Mono is a longitudinally mounted 2.3 litre, 280 bhp four cylinder power plant provided by Cosworth. Coupled to that engine is an F-3 spec 6-speed sequential gearbox from Hewland.

Edited by TonyTony on Friday 22 April 15:14

[tankplanker]

The Wookie said:

Noisy, lots of backlash, high maintenance costs, I think it was even dropped on the Caterham in the end

Seems to still be standard on the 620R, I think its optional on a few others as well: http://uk.caterhamcars.com/cars/seven-620r

[The Wookie]

Wow, I've got a Quaife one in my C400 and it's pretty agricultural. Perhaps the Sadev ones are better enough to be acceptable

[Vipers]

I am sure I had a hired Skoda or something similar with the option of using it in sequential mode, or regular gate, but are you talking about real road cars.

[The Don of Croy]

My Toyota MR2 has a Sequential Manual Transmission - originally offered in 1999.



It works fine but sometimes you'd like it to be quicker, although when it blips the throttle on downshifts you forgive it.