savvy amt really playing with consumers brain for all this time.........

Bestari's tiptronic is basically another hydraulic torque converter type automatic transmission as u found in most car like myvi, honda and bla bla but introduce the manual gear shifting option in a + - style, older type L, 2, D N, R automatic still can shift too but not so ergonomic n fun to do so, so in simple another joke from car manufacturer

Savvy amt is automated manual transmission like other said earlier, still a manual gear box that use clutch plates and hydraulic actuators to do the job; the AMT and SMG use extra electronics to perform the clutch action for u, jeremey clarkson always complain about this because everyone drive and everytime also drive differently; too hard to perdict

personally i like the monkey part u guys refer, nice term; bravo

hydraulic torque converter serves as a mechanical damper to smooth out the jerking in between gear changes but clutches dun have such advantage, so it's all depends on electronic programming itself;

btw advance automatic transmission do have a lockup torque converter that as efficient as manual transmission (usually apply from 3rd gear and above) and manual transmission does not necessary better; clutches slip do lost power too and normally it's undetected untill too late