VW Golf R vs Audi S3 manual vs automatic DRAG RACE – what difference does the gearbox make? Acceleration & Sound Drag & Track by turboandstance - April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 The premise of this video is to show you the performance difference you get between the VW Group dual-clutch automatic gearbox and the manual. To illustrate this we effectively have two identical cars in terms of their engines and AWD transmissions. Yes, one is the Golf R and the other the Audi S3 – that’s because we couldn’t get both a manual and auto Golf R together… but this is the next best thing. Watch to see the difference. Leave a comment