Sportomatic: How Porsche gave us the fun of a manual transmission without a clutch pedal

Porsche Club of America
Dec 26, 2022, 7:00 pm299 pts
Before Tiptronic or PDK, there was Sportomatic, Porsche's optional transmission for the 911 (and 914-6) that didn't need a clutch pedal. Perhaps one of the most misunderstood transmissions, it was neither a traditional automatic — though it did have a torque converter — nor a traditional manual with a…

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