Porsche has filed a patent in German for a new shift-by-wire system that would allow for both automatic and manual gear shifting.
Manual gearboxes aren’t extinct just yet, but the outlook isn’t great. Across the industry, the good ol’ stick shift is quietly vanishing. Even BMW’s M division has said outright that manuals probably ...
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Porsche has a wild plan to save the manual, but there’s a catch
If you care about shifting your own gears, you are watching the manual transmission fade into rarity. Porsche now has a wild new patent that promises to let you row gears in cars that are otherwise ...
If Porsche can pull this off, it could be a huge step to saving the manual.
Huzzah! The Mustang will remain manual, even as competitors shirk away from stick shift development ...
In today’s edition of What the Heck, we have the strange case of Ford wanting to put what is essentially a fake manual shifter in its electric vehicles. The company has applied for a patent that aims ...
A manual transmission uses a stick to shift gears and a third pedal to operate the clutch. Current trends show that manual gear shifting is rapidly becoming obsolete. For select sports cars and ...
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