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911 gets DSG in 08. DSG revolution begins!
Published by JBsZ06
12-26-2006
CM 911 gets DSG in 08. DSG revolution begins!
Porsche adds direct injection and DSG for 2008

By HENNING KROGH | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS

AutoWeek | Published 12/26/06, 9:42 am et

STUTTGART -- Four years after the launch of the current series, Porsche's iconic 911 will be upgraded for the summer of 2008.

The front end will get a larger air intake, and the rear lighting will be redesigned.

Major technological innovations to the 911 will include a conversion of the six-cylinder gasoline engine to direct injection and the addition of an optional dual-clutch transmission.

The transmission will allow shifts without interrupting driving power, even in manual mode.

Porsche's direct-injection engine, dubbed DFI, is projected to cut fuel consumption by about 10 percent.

The updated generation of the 911 also will come with improved performance. The Carrera S coupe, which starts at $82,600, will have at least 370 hp, up from 355 hp.
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By LLC5 on 12-26-2006, 02:05 pm
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The true experience of driving a sports car is the interaction of using a clutch pedal and a shift lever. DSG takes that away, but I can see where it could be useful at times. I think the ideal set up would be to have a fully manual shifting transmission , with the option of a DSG overide a push button away.
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By JBsZ06 on 12-26-2006, 05:15 pm
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Well...after GM's expertise in design of the clutch in the c5 and C6? I'll take DSG any day of the week..

The hydralyics (sp) in the C5 and C6 are so limited its pitiful.

At least if the bought the DSG as Ford is planning the dam thing would work 100% of the time.

I shouldn't complain as I just have to flush the master once a month and the clutch pedal seems to work...but still...

Being an owner of a corvette and having to do this is kind of ridiculous.

GM should farm out the whole clutch operation in a dSG option for future vettes..


Screwing around making believe we're race car drivers is fun...but the dsg experience theorically should take that experience that much closer to reality..being that its that fast...

Faster than any human can shift anyway...

Good for performance and thats the bottom line.

IMO
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