at the time of launch in 2003, it became the world's first dual-clutch transmission in a series-production car, in the german-market volkswagen golf mk4 r32, and shortly afterwards worldwide, in the original audi tt 3.2. and the 2004+ new beetle tdi. for the first few years of production, this original dsg transmission was only available in transversely oriented front-engine, front-wheel-drive and haldex traction-based four-wheel-drive vehicle layouts.