Porsche to offer proper paddle shifters on all models?
2010 Porsche 911 Turbo - Click above for a high-res image gallery
The new Porsche 911 Turbo is packed with sports car goodness, primarily with the inclusion of a new steering wheel with proper paddles for tapping your way through the gearbox. The replacement of the silly up-down switches on the spokes will be an option on the Turbo and it seems like the wiring from the wheel to the column is the same regardless of which style you choose.
That means the new wheel can plug into the connection on any new Porsche steering column including the 911, Boxster or Cayman. So if you aren't content with Porsche's admonishment that the two-switch setup is technically superior, you will soon have another way to pay an absurd premium for an option on your Porsche.
Gallery: 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo and Cabriolet
[Source: Car and Driver]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
sparrk 4:36PM (9/02/2009)
this was expected.
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zamafir 5:13PM (9/02/2009)
yup, i wish they'd just get rid of that wheel though, it just doesn't fit a car like the 911 Turbo, so thin and odd.
Richard 7:22AM (9/03/2009)
Awwwww!
I like the buttons! They are as archaic as the rest of the car.
sparrk 4:38PM (9/02/2009)
Gemballa already offers steering wheels with shift paddles.
http://paultan.org/2009/04/05/gemballa-paddle-shift-steering-for-porsche-pdk/
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RX-8 4:38PM (9/02/2009)
There is no such thing as proper paddle shifters. A proper gearbox has 3 pedals and an "H" pattern. Everything else is Euro trashy, Semi automatic, F1 pouser, semi automatic, flappy paddle garbage.
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sublime.intervention 4:41PM (9/02/2009)
So sequintial gearboxes aren't "proper"?
sparrk 4:50PM (9/02/2009)
Euro trashy ? more than 90% of all cars in Europe are manuals. stupid Americans can't drive stick.
zamafir 5:18PM (9/02/2009)
come on guys,be nice. maybe he's never been to europe. or read a european car magazine. or read any car magazine. or even read autoblog. maybe he's a newborn?
Redline 5:45PM (9/02/2009)
Yeah RX-8, WRC and Formula cars are not proper cars, they are garbage...
LoneWolf 6:14PM (9/02/2009)
As an european, I have to agree with him. Oh, and nobody said that F1 cars etc. are garbage. But in no way will be an Porsche an F1 Car.
Everything with less than three pedals is just not manly ;)
Mirko 11:45AM (9/03/2009)
Funny, I wanted to make a similar comment.
Seriously, a 2-pedal Porsche? Who wants that?
My_SS_RX8 12:55PM (9/03/2009)
i like the paddle shifters on my RX 8, they're handy at an intersection when starting a sharp left hand turn from a full stop. the paddle shifters make it easier to keep my hands on the steering wheel while shifting from first to second. otherwise, i admit i rarely use them.
Mirko 8:43AM (9/07/2009)
I spent the weekend in a PDK-equipped Carrera 2, and the shift button placement is seriously awkward. I'd want a manual, but for those who want an automatic Porsche (I still can't fathom WHY) should wait for "proper" paddles.
Oh and they make RX-8s with a slushbox? Never knew that.
RG 4:44PM (9/02/2009)
What I REALLY wanna know is can I get them painted the body color for only $2k?
Or is the upshift paddle standard and the downshift paddle an extra $800?
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jim 4:45PM (9/02/2009)
Paddles, schmaddles, as long as they offer a proper manual transmission, I don't care what the sissy's who automatics get for paddles. RX-8 is absolutely correct.
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Venom 4:47PM (9/02/2009)
So Formula One and GP 2 etc drivers are sissies?
why not the LS2LS7? 4:50PM (9/02/2009)
That's correct.
Computer shifted gearboxes are for ninnies.
Eddie 5:27PM (9/02/2009)
Under that logic, the Enzo and Bugatti Veyron are for sissies?
Joe K. 5:41PM (9/02/2009)
"Under that logic, the Enzo and Bugatti Veyron are for sissies?"
Are you arguing that they wouldn't be more bad ass and for bad asses with a stick?
Brian 5:54PM (9/02/2009)
In a race fractions of a second can mean winning or losing. Automated/sequential manual gearboxes might be able to shift fractions of a second faster than the human hand but they don't improve the driving experience. Racers don't care about the driving experience. They care about winning.