And while we're talking about Porsches today, the krauts have unveiled the 2009 911. More horseys blah blah... and an optional double clutch called a Porsche-Doppelkupplung (PDK). Yeah, you're sure to get your money's worth of words you can't pronounce, but more importantly you won't have to pick those 385 stallions up off the pavement to shift all the way up to seventh gear. That improves the acceleration, shaving .2 seconds off the 0-60 time (4.3 seconds) while improving fuel efficiency by 13%. Crafty, no? I've never been impressed with the paddle shifters on tripronics or whatever else they wanted to call them, but I might be able to get used to it for some double clutch goodness.Friday, June 06, 2008
Say It With Me "Doppelkupplung".
And while we're talking about Porsches today, the krauts have unveiled the 2009 911. More horseys blah blah... and an optional double clutch called a Porsche-Doppelkupplung (PDK). Yeah, you're sure to get your money's worth of words you can't pronounce, but more importantly you won't have to pick those 385 stallions up off the pavement to shift all the way up to seventh gear. That improves the acceleration, shaving .2 seconds off the 0-60 time (4.3 seconds) while improving fuel efficiency by 13%. Crafty, no? I've never been impressed with the paddle shifters on tripronics or whatever else they wanted to call them, but I might be able to get used to it for some double clutch goodness.
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