992 Now available with manual gearbox!

[AB2012]

So the 992 manual has just been announced. US market only to start with, and only in S versions. Same price as pdk, but with Sport Chrono thrown in. 9kg weight saving, but 0.5s slower 0-60 times. What do we think?

My last two Carreras (997 S and 991 4S) were both manuals, and very entertaining back-roads machines. With the power hike of the 992 I’d been thinking about a basic Carrera with the manual box. Or do I have to pay £10k more for for the manual S? Strange times....

 

[Motorhead]

Yes, I'd noted that too Andy. Rather odd, but I understand that manual transmission take-up these days is dwindling, with 80% or more Porsche owners opting for PDK. In the States apparently manual take-up is much higher in Carrera S and GTS models compared with the base Carrera, so it sounds as though this is a marketing-led decision. By the way, apparently the manual 992 Carrera S is about 38kg lighter than the PDK equivalent, a significant weight saving.

Maybe a Carrera T will surface with a manual option and there's always a remote possibility that the new naturally aspirated 4.0L 992 Evo engine used in the Cayman GT4 and Boxster Spyder could make it into the non-GT 911 range, as it will into the Cayman and Boxster mainstream offerings very soon.

Jeff