Consolidated 991RS thread
#151
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If manual is offered for the RS, that will undermine all arguments for only offering PDK in the GT3.
#152
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At some point (maybe not on this RS), I think Porsche is going to offer a car with GT3 motor and manual gearbox - might be a limited edition something or other (like the 4.0 was). There is too much money left on the table for a minor effort on their part.
#153
AP mentioned in a an interview last fall, that there is always a possibility a special edition, manually equipped, GT3/RS could be a consideration.
#154
Game changer! Please be true!
#155
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These glimmers of hope are why I stick around here.
#157
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its NOT going to happen!
If they wouldn't spend the money to develop one for both the GT3 and RS why would they then spend the money to retroactively develop one for the RS alone ...
GET OVER IT!
If they wouldn't spend the money to develop one for both the GT3 and RS why would they then spend the money to retroactively develop one for the RS alone ...
GET OVER IT!
#158
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I don't think PAG would stand for that.
#159
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Also, since the RS launch is "impending" (presumably this year) Porsche would *not* be thinking about a manual box at this point since the car is *done* and has been through testing cycles etc and on its way to Geneva or wherever...
So at this point the RS either *has* a manual box, or it does *not* ... IMO.
#160
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#161
Exactly. Even if they developed a new MT for the RS and then offered it on the GT3 it would still make their original arguments look hypocritical. At the same time they would p*ss off a lot of early buyers of the GT3 who are already disappointed by the seat issue and, possibly, by some of the little PITA quality problems. Not to mention all the people who passed on the original round of allocations because there was no MT, although I suppose some of those guys would be overjoyed by Porsche's return to righteousness...
#162
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Offering a MT is probably not as (relatively) simple as it sounds. Wouldn't they have to nix the eDiff which is intimately tied into the PDK? And even the RWS might be affected. Effectively they would have to offer the MT with an LSD and then redevelop all the control software....
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-Christian
#164
Burning Brakes
Possible that the option choices break down to manual coming without RWS.....whereas the PDK-S version is available with RWS..
such a choice thereby dealing with the rumoured homologation issues on RWS
such a choice thereby dealing with the rumoured homologation issues on RWS
#165
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