Autogefuhl Review and Drive of 992

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12-16-2018, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by garfunkle

I have as much contempt and hate for the new car as anyone.... but the animosity for the nubbin is overkill IMO. The Italians haven't had a manual looking shifter in their automatics (SCT/DCT) in a long time. My old Jag XKR had a rotary selector which was great. I mean, the whole purpose of paddles is to keep your hands ON THE WHEEL. I remember seeing an AMG CLK63 Black series review some time ago and the presenter commented on what it is with a giant gear selector that we feel we need? It will be like having physical buttons on a cell phone... I mean - who still has a blackberry with a qwerty keyboard? VAG has a new executive staff post diesel gate and the future is coming.

The shifter being small because of buttons does not bode well for a manual version either....

I agree. I was actually one of those who was complaining when AMG started launching cars without a center console shifter. But having had a 2018 E63S for almost a year now, I can honestly say I haven't missed the center console shifter once. I also don't think I have used it on my other cars. In my Turbo S I always shift with the steering mounted shifters.