The new Porsche 911 T has a manual transmission only to appease the purists

The best 911 is the one with a manual—there is no other opinion

Who doesn’t love a Porsche 911 with a manual transmission?! The market certainly responds much more positively when any 911 comes for sale with a manual. They’re more expensive and exclusive, and until recently, it required a bit more money to get one. Porsche has listened and is updating its 911 T as a manual-only trim. They heard us and listened!

Not only can you get the manual, but if you want (you won’t), you can also get the 911 T as a cabriolet. Imagine the wind through your hair on some remote part of California Highway One as you blast through the gears… I don’t know much about that, but I’ll be opting for the hard top as I’d like to look far cooler than I actually look when people see me.

A host of weight-reduction was also added—or removed. However, you want to think about it—as this 911 T comes across, the scales are just a bit over 3200 pounds (1478kg). The weight requires some OOMPH to push it around, and with this 911 T, it has the 3.0L boxer six with twin-turbos 388 horsepower and 331-pound feet to get it up to speed. Zero to sixty comes in approximately 4.5 seconds. I’d argue, too, that the 388 horsepower is just right, as we’re all aware that the full use of the gas pedal can be abused without putting the car into a ditch.

Underneath the car, you’ll get standard rear-wheel steering and the Sport Chrono Package. The steering has been optimized with a more direct ratio for optimal feel. The PASM adaptive sport suspension is also standard, which lowers the car by another 3/8in (10mm). The combination with tuned anti-roll bars gives the car neutral handling—instead of the rear-heavy experience you’d think with an RR chassis.

Numerous colours are available, especially if you opt for the paint to match. The standard pallet mainly consists of ‘the Legends’ colour schemes such as Lugano Blue, Slate Grey Neo, and Guards Red. The configurator is up now on the Porsche website. How would you outfit your 911? I’d go with the bare-bones car (starting at approximately $130,000) in Lugano Blue with blue seat belts and no emblems.

Cheers!

M. T. Blake

(IG @autohabitblake)

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