a dual clutch transmission for motor vehicles has first and second input shafts , two clutches configured to selectively couple the input shafts to an engine , two intermediate shafts arranged parallel to the input shafts , gearwheel pairs of which a fixed gearwheel is arranged on one of the input shafts and a freely rotating gearwheel is arranged on one of the intermediate shafts , freely rotating output gearwheels arranged on each of the two intermediate shafts and meshing with a differential wheel , and coupling devices configured to selectively couple the freely rotating gearwheels to the respective intermediate shaft , of which at least the coupling devices for the output gearwheels are of double acting design . a dual clutch transmission of this kind makes a large number of gears possible without significantly increasing the dimensions of the transmission or the weight thereof .