Porsche admits manual gearbox could die

[jdiba]

Drive - Porsche Could Discontinue Manual Gearbox

[Skrapmot]

We'll probably see quite a few changes in order to meet the new EU and USA standards for fuel efficiency and emissions.

[thstone]

No manual transmissions on the 981/991 or future models? Just makes the 986/996/987/997 series all the more valuable in my eyes.

[leknus]

:?')**""', what's next? Front wheel drive?

[Porsche Chick]

I have the PDK and love the SAG system (stomp and go), but even I think they need to keep making manuals.

Whole damn car is getting a little too easy to drive. Our first Porsche had an air (not so) cooled engine, pathetic A/C that only worked for those north of the Mason Dixon, and a back end that kept trying to switch places with the front. I only drove it a couple of times, because the clutch was so tough press you had to be a lumberjack to do it. But it was about driving.

Now it seems to be about being a passenger, even in the driver's seat.