Every so often a newcomer makes noise about toppling the Porsche 911 from its well-earned position in the sports car pantheon. And every so often the wizards of Weissach, Porsche's epicenter of engineering, respond by tinkering with the 45-year-old design just enough to ensure it remains the world's most engaging sports car.
The 911 seems an easy target, burdened as it is by a design locked in the iron grip of Porsche tradition and by an engine that should have been placed anywhere else but in the tail. But, just when some upstart figures it's got Porsche dead-centered, the 911 finds fresh legs and runs off, out of range of even the most avid hunters...
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I've long been an advocate of clutchless manuals or whatever the hell you want to call it, but I've always felt that Porsche (and specifically the 911) is one car that MUST have a traditional manual gearbox.
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Although the PDK is obviously the much faster gearbox I'd still want mine in S guise with the traditional manual. A 911 is such a wonderful drivers car I wouldn't want to spoil it with a clutchless manual Mike
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great read. i really want to see one in person now
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But that would only happen in my magical dreamworld, where VW dealers were a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like experience, everything had 4Motion and only cost $12K, and the ORLY owls were my co-pilots.
Message to Motive Folks: That's a good read, period.
J
PS - Kurt, you wanted to drive @ Weissach??? And you call yourself an acolyte? It's extraordinarily rare for a non employee to turn a lap there (esp after the LP incident years ago). If there's a "long lead" event @ Leipzig, then go & drive there (it's a far better track than Weissach, BTW).
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