[RahulNagaraj]

According to reports, Porsche, for the first time in its 60-year history, will not be offering a 911 model with a manual transmission in 2025.

Having said that, Porsche has confirmed that manual transmission could make a comeback at a later stage. However, the exact timeline for its return is yet unknown. Frank Wiesman, Product Communication Manager, Porsche North America, said, "For the 2025 model year, we’re excited to offer the 911 Carrera GTS in three body styles and two drive configurations (rear- and all-wheel drive) as well as the updated 911 Carrera Coupe and Cabriolet as well as continuing to offer the full range of current 911 Turbo models, and of course the 911 GT3 RS."



Without giving too much away, Wiesman mentioned, "Of course, one of the many strengths of the 911 has always been the variety of models within the range, and we’ll communicate on potential further variants in due course."

Porsche recently unveiled the facelift 911 and the 911 Carrera GTS with a brand-new hybrid powertrain. Deliveries of the 911 hybrid will begin in 2025.

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[14000rpm]

Originally Posted by RahulNagaraj

Porsche, for the first time in its 60-year history, will not be offering a 911 model with a manual transmission in 2025.

Having said that, Porsche has confirmed that manual transmission could make a comeback at a later stage.

The market is warming up to High Performance Manual's. In fact, there is now a dedicated Car Auction Platform for Manual Transmission cars called Row your Own. . Porsche won't be seen leaving that niche. Porsche is merely creating a hype to ensure they can sell a MT at a premium like they did with the 911R.

They have learnt a few tricks from Ferrari to hype up the market and thereby make even higher margins.

[androdev]

There won’t be a cheap manual. Has a lot to do with stringent emission norms (CAFE) which means bulk of the cars sold need to be fuel efficient hybrid, with few very high end manuals in limited numbers.

NA > turbo > twin turbo > electric turbo just to achieve the characteristics of an NA motor.

The innovation is mostly to cope with the emission restrictions but somehow will be marketed as evolution of performance - pulling off the latter is far more impressive than the former.

[cefiljoseph]

Porsche is defiantly going to sell a manual version for the 992.2. They always do this and in a later stage comes up with a manual as a 'free' upgrade from the PDK thereby creating a thick profit margin for themselves. If there's anything that Porsche is better at than making cars, its selling them :P

[TheHelix0202]

Assuming you’d get your hands on one-

https://youtu.be/3TiFZeSW-JI