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Originally Posted by kyrix1st
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Originally Posted by Lucky1
Its clear to me now that Porsche remains most committed to the enthusiast driving experience and they have seen their competitions brand strategy and have cleverly positioned theirs to avoid some of the pitfalls. GT4/Spyder with N/A engines and 6MT? And word that the regular 718/Boxsters may go back to NA? Call me a dreamer but I'm even hoping they'll find some way, even if it is electrical/computerized trickery, to get the manual gearbox into an electric 911. Because they're Porsche and thats what they do 
Hopefully new M3/M4 brings the customer closer to the enthusiast experience than the opposite. |
That's also because Porsche needs that solid sports car image to survive in the rather competitive mid range between supercars and M/AMG/RS.
Look how much shit they have got from customers and reviewers alike by introducing an uninspiring flat-4 turbo engine on 718.
We should push M to make again real sports cars with MTs and automated manuals, not the comfortable automatic grocery getters. |
Let's also remember that Porsche tried the "
no manual transmission" nonsense and their customer base went crazy. Enter stage right the 911R in manual and the new GT3 in manual. They learned from that mistake.