I've heard about a car that has a clutch-less manual transm

[hassen1]

According to Bryan Tiedemann, Ferarri makes a computer-shifted manual transmission. It begins with a standard manual transmission (gears, input/output shafts, synchronizers) that's similar to that of many "stick-shift" cars of today. However, instead of having a driver-controlled clutch and shift lever, a computer regulates the actual mechanical clutch movement and it also shifts gears via servos and motors. The driver uses a "shift paddle" on the steering wheel to shift, and the computer does the actual shifting. The automatically controlled manual is better than a normal automatic because manual transmissions give better performance than automatics and no energy is lost as heat in hydraulic couplings.

[tammy87]

i think i know what you're talking about, this is the way F1 cars shift their gears right, by pressing buttons found on the driving wheel

this way their hands can always be on the wheels for magnificient control and handling, especially at high speed driving