Porsche Could Follow Ferrari With A Dual-Clutch Manual

An intricate transmission like this could work with hybrid powertrains. A patent shows a transmission that operates in auto and manual modes. Drivers could also shift through the gears with paddle shifters. When Ferrari revived the manual transmission in the limited-run 12 Cilindri Manuale, car enthusiasts celebrated. However, some of that excitement started to die down when it was revealed it isn’t a traditional stick shift, but an add-on shifter to Ferrari’s existing dual-clutch system. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); Likely because Ferrari couldn’t justify the cost of developing an all-new manual transmission from…

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