KEEPING IT SIMPLE
Ihave a friend who wants to buy a new 911. Really wants to. He’s a long time 911 fan and has owned both standard cars and GT3S. But right now, he’s holding back. The car he wants is a stock standard Carrera with almost zero options, and I’d admire his mastery of the well proven ‘less is more’ approach to 911 procurement. But one option he absolutely does not want is the PDK automatic gearbox. He wants a manual. Porsche has said from the start that it will be building manual 992s, but so far at least none has come along. Indeed, if you go on the configurator, the ‘standard’ car comes with a PDK transmission included within its £82,793 list price.
I asked Porsche about this and so far as anyone knew the gearbox is coming, but no-one can yet say when. I hope it’s soon, or if it’s not soon then at least sometime. I’d hate the best new 911 of the water-cooled era to be also the first without a three-pedal option in its non-gt offering.