Patent documents filed by Porsche in Germany indicate the company is preparing a seven-speed double-clutch gearbox for use in everything from the Boxster to the 911 to the Carrera GT-based mid-engined GT1 race car. Porsche had hoped to complete work on its sequential manual gearbox in time for this summer’s introduction of the 997-based 911 Turbo, but that car initially arrives with a Tiptronic automatic or a six-speed manual. No word on when Porsche plans to introduce the new transmission.
There was a super nice 85 Turbo at Dunnville towards the end of the day, caged and many upgraded parts for tracking purposes. If I wasn’t trying to rip off a quick lap I would have checked it out a lot more.
