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The seven-speed manual shift pattern is that of a six-speed but with the seventh forward gear up and to the right; it is of no use beyond its function as a tall, fuel-saving ratio for highway cruising. The gates are very tightly spaced way over there, so Porsche blocks out seventh electronically unless you first select fifth or sixth.

6 Sep 2011
We thought it was a typo when we first saw it in a report from our German correspondent more than a year ago. But he was accurate, as is his way: The Porsche 911 would be, and now is, offered with a seven-speed manual transmission. Seven speeds! A veritable embarrassment of forward gears! So many gears, in fact,
So far, the fourth all-new Porsche 911, the 991, has failed to sweep all before it. Maybe the basic 3.4-litre Carrera with a manual gearbox can recapture the old magic.
5 Sep 2011 We're all clamoring to get our greasy mitts on the new seven-speed manual transmission in the 2012 Porsche 911. Porsche has officially released a video of exactly how the gearbox works. As expected, engineers opted to use shorter ratios for gears one through six while leaving seventh gear nice and
31 Jan 2012 Just a few short years ago the choice between a manual transmission and an automatic transmission was one between a real driver's car and an appliance to get you from A to B. That line started to blur with
6 Nov 2012 EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I wish Porsche made a grand touring coupe, like perhaps the 928 was or the Panamera would be if it came in a coupe. A car that's more luxurious and bigger that could take on, say, the Mercedes-Benz CL-class. Porsche 911 purists would argue this car is getting to be that. It's true

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