991 Turbo is PDK-only

[Ekona]

Just finished reading Car mag, and there's an almost off the cuff Q&A with Wolfgang Hatz, R&D head, who clearly states that "I will be honest, we will not have a manual anymore.".

Perhaps not entirely surprising given the shift to PDK on the GT3, but I hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere else so thought it worth a post up. I wonder what odds the 981 Spyder/R being PDK-only now, too?

[Magic919]

That's just the same as the outgoing 997 Turbo S was for the last couple of years.

[Ekona]

True, but at least you could order a standard turbo with a stick, and it was just the end of line special that forced you to go PDK.

I'm a fan of PDK, but I suspect this will not please some

[Martian O]

Manual Mezger 997 Turbos are going to be worth £££'s in the future!

[Magic919]

Whilst nobody got 'forced' to go PDK, the classifieds tell an interesting story. Turbo 997s number 39 if you just do 2009 onwards. Only 3 of those are manual.

[Martian O]

Magic919 said:

Whilst nobody got 'forced' to go PDK, the classifieds tell an interesting story. Turbo 997s number 39 if you just do 2009 onwards. Only 3 of those are manual.

That's because all the PDK owners want out!

[Magic919]

Maybe all the 997 Turbo owners want out? :-)

[DT398]

Martian O said:

That's because all the PDK owners want out!

Nope. It's just that the buyers of the new cars wanted PDK in the first place, so there's lots more of them in the second hand market. Once the 993 pipe and slippers brigade have moved on, their slippers will be filled by the 997 Manual pipe and slippers brigade. PDK is the future.

[DT398]

Martian O said:

Manual Mezger 997 Turbos are going to be worth £££'s in the future!

Yes they are, but proably not the £££s you are thinking of.

[shoestring7]

Magic919 said:

Maybe all the 997 Turbo owners want out? :-)

I think the future used market will be interesting. Buyers of used car may will be looking for a weekend/hobby/fun car to run alongside their daily. As such a manual 'box may well be more desirable - and doesn't come with the added r&m worries a PDK might.

SS7

[Diesel130]

Martian O said:

Manual Mezger 997 Turbos are going to be worth £££'s in the future!

Crikey - only going to be worth 3 pounds! Better swap for a PDK soon, then

[kbf1981]

When is it out?

[Martian O]

kbf1981 said:

When is it out?

Last quarter of 2013.

[Porkupine]

DT398 said:

Nope. It's just that the buyers of the new cars wanted PDK in the first place, so there's lots more of them in the second hand market. Once the 993 pipe and slippers brigade have moved on, their slippers will be filled by the 997 Manual pipe and slippers brigade. PDK is the future.

Good point. Agreed.

[mollytherocker]

Its not really surprising I suppose.

I think it was The Jam who said 'the public get what the public wants'.

[markcoznottz]

The PDK is SO good that it has rendered the manual obselete in this instance. It's not like ferrari's early F1 box which aped F1 purely for novelty, to be fair the turbo needs this box, the turbo manual isn't amazing, the turbo's party trick of flat out bursts through the gears means gear selection is paramount.

[Lordglenmorangie]

Martian O said:

Manual Mezger 997 Turbos are going to be worth £££'s in the future!

Yes, but I will be six feet under

[Acf69]

mollytherocker said:

Its not really surprising I suppose.

I think it was The Jam who said 'the public get what the public wants'.

But I don't care what society wants......