Eighty percent of Porsche 911 GT3 buyers opted for the manual transmission.
This high take rate helped the automaker build a case for the 911 Carrera S MT package.
Porsche is seeing rising demand for the manual transmission from its online fans, direct customers, and dealers.
It’s grim out there if you prefer a car with a manual transmission. Options have been dwindling for years, but demand for the gearbox remains. So much so that customers clamored for a manual in the Carrera S, and Porsche listened.
In an interview with Motor1, Timo Resch the president and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, told us the company is seeing rising demand from online fans, direct customers, and dealers. This kickstarted conversations with engineers and executives, and the team began building a case for the car. He told us:
