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This Is What Happens When Sportscar Companies Stop Building Manual Transmissions
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Edward Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: March 15th, 2010
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Or is it the other way around? Based on the latest readings from our official TTAC losing-the-plot-ometer, Porsche is still at least ten years away from matching this spectacular achievement in short-sighted brand narcissism.
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Published March 15th, 2010 9:09 PM
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That's why my next sports car will be a Lotus. Lotus understand that a sporting car is supposed to be fun.
Ferrari was still making manual transmissions when they sold my wife a $250 windbreaker. I still wear it, regardless.
I guess brand whore exists in any fashion, some people are just dumb enough to pay for it. Ask Porsche about their Toureg... and the.. Panamera. I cant WAIT until they are BOTH GONE!
DSGs or other clutchless manual boxes are great...if you're racing or doing something where you want full attention on driving forward. If you're parallel parking, driving in the snow, or anywhere where you actually want to control whether the car is in gear or not very easily is best left to a real manual transmission with that black sheep third pedal. Edit: They're purpose built parts. You don't need a 5 point harness and an alcohol burning engine to hit the quickie mart for a 6 pack of beer, right? Then why do we need racing or racing inspired transmissions in our commuter-mobiles? (Or Ferarris or whatever)