A two-stage friction type dual-mass flywheel between the engine and the clutch gearbox of a car comprises a spring, a spring seat, a secondary flywheel, a washer, an end cover, a cushion block, a primary flywheel, a startup ring gear, a right ring, a left ring, a backing ring, a connecting plate, a pin bush and a circular block. The invention provides a dual-mass flywheel which can achieve two-stage variable stiffness transmission, and aims to overcome defaults that the torsion angle of a single-stage circumferential short spring dual-mass flywheel is small and the variable stiffness transmission can not be achieved. The invention ensures that the torsion angle is increased; the two-stage variable stiffness transmission is realized; the first nature frequency of a transmission system is enabled to be greatly lower than exciting frequency, and the second nature frequency is higher than the exciting frequency of the maximum turning speed of an engine, thereby avoiding resonance; the friction effects among the spring seat, the primary flywheel and the secondary flywheel ensure that various torque characteristics can be produced when the torsion angle is incresed or decresed; the normal pressure on the spring seat is reduced; and the service life of the spring seat is prolonged.