The New Porsche 911 with PDK - Garage419 

wow... that was a brilliant review, thanks matt.

Awesome review Matt :)

great review mad

This is extremely nice review. My congrats.

cool video man!!

Automatic transmissions also contain clutch mechanisms but they are automatically engaged, same as PDK. The golden measure is whether or not is has a clutch pedal on the floor next to the brake pedal to be a true manual transmission. Any true driver knows you can do as much with the clutch pedal as the accelerator or the brake. What car companies are trying to do is make a one size fits all because it cheaper to make one transmission style rather than two. True drivers know better.

@RonnieMX: no, auto transmisssions don't have a clutch. They have a torque converter, which is two turbine blades (one connected to the engine, the other the gears) separated by a few 100ths of an inch in a space filled with oil. Cheers.

I'm jealous of your guys's track days and stuff, the nearest track to me is in Montreal, 18 hours away :( tear

the next porsche i'm buying it's definitely going to be a PDK

that is a sick ass color

the one thing the forgot to mention about launch control....before you use it....u gotta write one hell of a check!!!! lol

love it

Your good on camera Emil, you should do that more often.

This video makes me want to get a driver's license.

Agree. Also, I can't see how you can do a clutch kick drift with those PDK transmissions. Driving is more than just lap times, isn't it?

I will never give up the manual trans eve if the new systems are faster. I just want to have full control and like to have the feeling of rowing the gears and slipping the clutch etc.

Does the launch control destroy the gearbox/warranty?

Nice Panzer III!

My hands are sweating, cant wait to go for a drive:) in My 997! Shut in NE:(

Isn't that the same launch control process as the older 997 models?

i saw that GT3 in Zacatecas México last year

"dude the bars in salt lake city suck" lol

Matt, I'm assuming Porsche gave you those animations...or did someone on your staff do them?

I get the appeal of the PDK transmission, but I don't care about tenths of a second on lap times. Flipping through the gearbox is part of the driving experience. It's about being connected to the car.

Imagine how the Turbo will be when they get that PDK in that, or even better the GT2!

I drove a 911 S with PDK at the annual Porsche Drive event in my city, just this Sunday. It's really nice, but saying whether or not it is better than last years Tiptronic is just nitpicking. Either way your 911 is better than 95% of the cars you'll drive by.

@bobrec3GTI Manual is slower.. paddles as fitted to the new gen cars is very nice on the track (think F1) up on the right down on the left. No heavy clutch in traffic too and is great fun to drive... Having said that I just bought a 1st Gen 997 Carrera S with manual gearbox and I love it!!

@trobi what you miss is that VW/Audi was able to take these expensive niche technologies and commercialize them in mass production. that's not an easy feat.

That's what I've been thinking.

agreed!

btw for the fastest acceleration you should set the PDK in 'Sport' and not in 'Drive'..

It won't let you red-line at all. In fact it won't let you get near unless you have the Sport Chrono package and select Sport Plus.

Good show today. I wish you guys would go through each car segment, and make comparisons and rank most desirable for each segment. Maybe even give out awards like sport, all around great value and most practical car. I love sport cars and would love to own one. But my car budget is mustang GT level, and I think most of America budget is south of 30k car. Maybe you could do another ranking for used cars in the 15-25k range. Or show how you buy old and cheap, and rebuild it into awesome.

*they're proud of

Ouch man, you could get him fired for that. What a way to mis use his trust. O WELL, at least i will have more fun behind the wheel.

Actually, to be technical, it has two clutches. :^D

the new cayman s is the best porsche ever made really personal choice

The manual gear box is standard. PDK is ia optional.

It took him that long to get to 140? I could do that in half the time in my stang.

@rijowysock same here man, i used to only want manuals, then i test drove two golf gti's, one with a dsg and one with a manual... needless to say, my next car will be a gti dsg.

I would porsche would sell more automatics in the US considering that just about 6% of new car sales are manual.

Porsche developed dual clutch transmissions more than 25 years ago. Also Lancia developed twin-charged engines back in the 80's. The name "TDI" was firstly used by Fiat in the early 90's. VW-Audi only bought other peoples' inventions. Now they're pride of their DSGs TSIs FSIs TDIs...

yeah... what does that mean in German?

Oh. Hi Matt :)

Emil, your name sounds bulgarian, are you a BG ?

I love this ,to bad I my is a box

But it's the way of the new world.

DSG or PDK they are the best.

Who are you?

With PDK you can drift, but with CVT I don't think so..

a launch control ...launch is very very very hard on the gear box. And Porsche don't want most of their car get returned in few week with transmission failure. On the track that's fine to do because you only launch it once at the start line. But on the road it will be tempting for the new 911 owners not to light the tires up at every set of red lights he see's

True, so did Nissan with the GTR but Porsche is part of the VAG (Volkswagen Audi Group) so it's not stealing when it's your cousin kinda thing. Porsche will have 51% of the VW's stock by 2010.

why was that guy worried about losing his job? go to the porsche website and there's a demonstration saying the exact same thing he did with the launch control. secondly, why do the companies keep trying to kill off the manual? i read the top gear review of the pdk, and they said that it's completely useless/unsporty in auto mode, so you have to use the paddles at all times. if this is the case, then what is the point? you might as well get a proper manual!

or get a good warranty

ha, launch control

I could do the same thinig on my Audi TT Quattro, BFD

I bet hes fired before this video hits 10 000 views. :D Well done. Whats up with the Launch contol these days? Seems like it's a big NO! NO! on these new sports/supercars. Why the hell do they add it there if it damages the car?!

key chain

lol WTF?? Why is it so fucking secret the launch control?

it's not so much stealing, but "borrowing" from their parent group. Porsche does have control over VW/Audi

you are aware that automatics also have clutches...but are automatically engaged...hence they're called automatics.

And LED Lights. Plz Porsche come up with your own ideas.

I'm currently saving up to get a 911s or 4s. NO STUPID PDK! nothing less than a MANUAL gearbox. and yes porsche designers a TOO LAZY.

Emil Rensing, states that the (911) received its name from the Pan-Americana, I beg to differ, Before the Porsche 911 was introduced in late 1963, it was known by the factory during its development as Project 901 (a number with no significance outside of keeping Porsche's many projects easily organized; every car under development by Porsche receives a 3-digit number identifying it).

nop, only manual for me :)

And Sport Quattro S1 race car by Audi.

sorry it's faster no granny

can't believe it... american viewers have the chance to ask specific questions to a 911 tester - what do they want to know? "how does the ipod integration work?" no comment

Yea thats a shame. Say good bye to R8 and any other cars that compete with Porsche models.

i disagree, the pdk would make it feel artificial and impure. plus, porsche makes one of the best manuals on the planet, why trade that for buttons from a child's gameboy?

The PDK is not an "auto", the "tiptronic" is....

"es verboten" is not german!! Actually it has to be "es ist verboten"

I hate dual clutch transmissions.

auto shift

fourth comments!!!!

PDK is glorified automatic. What about using your clutch in conjunction with your brakes and transitioning to power through corners for exmple. Porsche hear me, if you only offer PDK I won't buy your cars. Come to Vermont where fast is limits of traction all summer long with a manual. PS: These guys in the video are slow. Like old ladys in minivans.hehehe...

I'm not giving you a free car. WTF? GIVE ME A FREE CAR!!!

EMIL IS A LIAR!!!! :-( BTW, why is there a Panzerkampfwagen #4 on top of the table at the beginning?

screw that ...SCREW THAT! You can't take away manual! If you do..I'll ride motorbikes from now on!

Porsche stole the idea from VW/Audi. So did Ferrari.

No way would i buy a 911 auto that's just crazy! just go and buy a bmw M3 or audi S5to drive around , no matter how fast your going you just don't feel connected like...... " sex with a condom"

not impressed would prefer a manual

Porsche has the laziest designers in the world!!!