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Rally legend Walter Röhrl helps Porsche develop its road cars on Nürburgring. Here he is driving the new manual GT3 and giving his impressions. Walter Röhrl, is first and foremost a two time world rally champion. Starting in rally in the 1970s, Röhrl has won 14 WRC events in his career. During that time, he was racing […] More »

  It’s amazing how much interest there is surrounding our converting this #porsche911 #GT3RS from an automatic #PDK #transmission to a manual! I never knew the #automobile industry had so much love for a little gear lever and a clutch pedal! Here’s to hoping that this one of a kind 🦄 loves to fly! #savethemanuals […] More »

Porsche enthusiasts decried the previous 911 GT3 for being PDK. Porsche listened and now the manual transmission is back. As transmission technology increases, manual transmissions are becoming increasingly irrelevant. We may not like it, but it’s an absolute truth. They are faster, generally allow for more gears, and in some cases are stronger and more […] More »

The refinement and perfection of propulsion, in the name of fuel economy, is at a fever pitch. The benefit for you and I has been the increase in both horsepower and efficiency in any engine available. But the most perfect engine in the world is nothing if it reaches the ground through a two-speed box […] More »

Like it or not, the performance world is moving away from the manual transmission. It’s troubling to a lot of people that they’ll never again see a 911 with a third pedal. Even the GT3, Porsche’s hardcore enthusiast machine, has given into the PDK onslaught. No one’s saying that dual clutch transmissions are bad—they’re actually […] More »