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Originally Posted by schnellman
Let us all face Stuttgart and offer a silent prayer that Boxsters will always be available with manual transmissions.
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^ I think the 981 will be the last. The 991 GT3 is already PDK only. Pretty crazy when you think about the fact that the average GT3 track junky will only buy a GT3 and they loathe the idea of an automatic GT3. Yet that's exactly what they have to buy now. But then again the average GT3 buyer is neither a track junky nor are they attending a high performance driving school.
Porsche as brand gets a lot more credit for having "purists" as drivers than they really deserve. Most buyers are simply after the perceived exclusivity and have little real knowledge of the brand's racing history. At some point the Carrera simply became a luxury car for many buyers and the introduction of the Cayenne brought in tons of mainstream buyers. Nothing wrong with either, Porsche have profits to make. Although Steve McQueen would hardly recognize these big, wide, long cars on SUV sized wheels anymore.