With a 394hp naturally aspirated flatsix engine and sixspeed manual transmission, the 718 cayman gts 4. As crisp and involving as the porsche manual remains, pdks. A sixspeed manual gearbox is standard, the sevenspeed pdk available as an option and fitted to our. Has anyone had any experience of manual vs pdk on a porsche 718 my last 2 cars have been a focus rs manual which i didnt get on with. Porsche 718 cayman porsche doppelkupplung pdk porsche ag. Big thanks to dream makers for letting me do this video. Despite my relative youth, when it comes to driving i like to think i fall firmly. With porsche doppelkupplung pdk, the 718 boxster and 718 cayman accelerate from 0 to 100 kmh in only 4. Yes, the pdk is astoundingly good, but a manual suits the character of the 718 better.
Porsches own test numbers show the regular 500hp gt3 with a sixspeed manual is 0. I drove the manual boxster 718 but mainly on urban roads with 4050 limit so did not really get chance to open up the car. I drive both manual and pdk boxter s to try a learn what i like better. Pdk has solved all these issues and them some, which is why nearly 90% of current 911 buyers opt for this transmission option. With a dualclutch automatic and the sport chrono package, the porsche 718 cayman tames its turbo lag. Compared to manual transmissions, the porsche pdk delivers a faster acceleration response on saratoga and milpitas roads. As an example, the manual 718 cayman claims a maximum wltp combined consumption of 32. Porsche doppelkupplung pdk 7speed pdk, featuring both a manual and an automatic mode, is available as an option and offers extremely fast gear changes with no interruption in the flow of power. Has anyone had any experience of manual vs pdk on a porsche 718 my last 2 cars have been a focus rs manual heavy clutch and a golf r dsg which was. Regrets, ive had a few but this was a biggie 20180222 23. Porsche 911 gts pdk vs manual part 1, the pdk youtube. Take a look at car and driver test results 2018 718 gts, mt cayman 4. My last 2 cars have been a focus rs manual which i didnt get on with and a golf r dsg which was. Read our full instrumented test report and see photos at car and driver.
Porsche cayman gt4 and boxster spyder getting pdk by late 2020. If youve read about, shopped for or driven a porsche in the past decade, youve probably heard of the brands pdk. Its a question thats been asked before and answered before, but never quite like. On road price of porsche 718 boxster pdk starts from rm 500,000. When first driving the vehicle with shift paddles i felt i was losing the taste of a real porsche and came with a little regret. Body design coupe cabriolet suv sedan sport turismo. As a reminder, pricing for the 718 spyder starts at r1,343,000 while the 718 cayman gt4 will start at r1,417,000 but keep in mind this if the standard manual offering. The slickshifting transmission could also make its way to the gts trims. Porsche says the pdk will arrive by the end of the year. When i placed the order you could only have the pdk box however i notice you can now have a manual box. Porsche 718 cayman gt4 and 718 boxster spyder to get pdk. The worlds first sevenspeed manual gearbox is an offshoot of the sevenspeed pdk dualclutch automatic introduced three years ago for the 997series 911.
My local opc has a manual 718 boxster and a pdk 718 boxster s. The porsche 718 cayman gt4 and boxster spyder are getting pdks. We compare manual and pdk porsche 911s on track, and analyse the differences between the two. Regrets, ive had a few but this was a biggie porsche. As a track driving enthusiast i welcome this, as it gives the car that little extra punch out of.
Porsche 718 boxter pdk price tag in the indonesia reads rp 1,55 billion and is available in 15 colour options black, white, off white, carmine red, carrara white. Porsche 718 cayman s pdk price tag in the malaysia reads rm 710,000 and is available in 16 colour options white, blue, graphite blue, black, rhodium silver. With apologies to you manualtransmission whisperers, i prefer porsches pdk. Porsche pdk vs manual transmission take a closer look at the advantages of both the pdk dualclutch transmission and the manual transmission options in the. Porsches manual transmission is the venerated, praised, and. I have been trying to get a drive in one without success. When i placed the order you could only have the pdk box however i notice you can now have a. Opting for the manual also adds back in some of the driver involvement that you lose due to the 718s added torque with the pdk, its almost too easy to drive. Porsche 718 boxster pdk technical specs, dimensions.
Milton has a manual transmission with a numeric short shifter kit installed and i have porsche s pdk. Available with either a fixed roof of removable top, and with manual or dualclutch automatic. The porsche 718 cayman gt4 and 718 boxster spyder are slated to get an optional pdk gearbox, according to reports. Its also a slick gearbox, with perfectly weighted action and crisp, welldefined gates. Porsche 718 cayman gt4 and boxster spyder getting pdk gearbox. Jason is testing out which is better, automatic or manual.
Take a closer look at the advantages of both the pdk dualclutch transmission and the manual transmission options. The porsche 718 boxster pdk weighs 1440 kg 3175 lbs. The half second is still there but significantly faster than the 4. Transmission manual tiptronic pdk automatic 2speed transmission. The best two runs in opposite directions we do three pairs in total yield a 4. I purchased my cpo 20 c2 pdk thru a local dealer and i love it. And while the 350 hp focus rs is only offered in sixspeed manual trim, the 300 hp 718 cayman we have here also comes in threepedal form, with this configuration having skipped the. Over the course of this series of videos we are going to compare and contrast the. The 2016 porsche 718 boxster pdk has 299 ps 295 bhp 220 kw horsepower. At first, i was debating whether to go with a manual or pdk and i chose pdk because both me and wife can both enjoy driving the vehicle. Were still waiting on official numbers from porsche, but expect the pdk version to beat the manual gt4 and spyders 060 times of 4. Taken as a pure sports car, the 2020 porsche 718 boxster s is nearly perfect. When we had been discussing manual versus pdk, legendary porsche racing driver hurley haywood said, the pdk is just so good. Pdk means no more missed gears, which is quite an achievement in the sevenspeed manual 991.
Porsche doppelkupplung also known as pdk transmission. On any porsche, pdk is noticeably faster than the manual and just a brilliant box probably the best dualclutch tranny. Has anyone had any experience of manual vs pdk on a porsche 718. Porsches double clutch which is quite literally what doppelkupplung translates to gearbox can switch gears in less than 100 milliseconds. Should you buy a 911 with pdk or a manual transmission. I have always enjoyed the experience of a true manual transmission, and refuse to get a slush box in any sporty vehicle. Porsches fantastic 718 boxster and cayman range gets a new halo model this year. The short explanation of pdk is that it is two gearboxes combined into one. The variant 718 boxster pdk, a 1988 cc, 4 cylinder petrol engine fires 300 hp of power and 380 nm torque, the 2 seater 718 boxster pdk.
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