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Can you drive PowerShift on an Automatic driving license?

King Mustard
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Not sure if PowerShift is officially classed as an automatic transmission or not, as Ford seem to sell cars with PowerShift and automatic transmissions.

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    The definition of automatic for driving licence purposes is basically something without a clutch pedal. So conventional torque converter boxes, dual clutch boxes such as Ford Powershift, VW DSG etc, and CVT as increasingly used in hybrids, are all classed as automatics.

     

     

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    Yeah, just don't get caught using the paddles! 😮 :biggrin:

     

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    15 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    Yeah, just don't get caught using the paddles! 😮 :biggrin:

     

    I have flappy paddles on my semi-automatic 2019 EcoSport.

    Are flappy paddles not "allowed" on an automatic license?

    My previous 2012 Peugeot 308 semi-automatic also had flappy paddles.

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    3 minutes ago, King Mustard said:

    I have flappy paddles on my (presumably automatic (well, semi-automatic) and not PowerShift) 2019 EcoSport.

    Are flappy paddles not "allowed" on an automatic license?

    My previous 2012 Peugeot 308 also had flappy paddles.

    I was only joking.  As Roger says, if there's no clutch then it's driven as an auto so fine for an auto licence. :smile:

     

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    Powershift is just Ford's term for their electronic clutch gearboxes, like dsg is for vw/Audi.

     

    And yes, anything where you don't have a clutch pedal is an automatic for driving licence purposes.

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