Porsche 911 GT3 Brings Back The Manual – Geneva Motor Show

Porsche's new 911 GT3 has brought hope and joy to driving enthusiasts the world over, with a new box to be added to the options sheet for buyers to decide just how they would like their new 911 GT3 to be.

Yes folks, the manual gearbox is not dead yet.

Following the sell-out success of the pure focused Porsche 911 R, the German brand will, for the first time, offer its most hard core machine, the 911 GT3, with a choice of either a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic or a six-speed manual transmission.

Previously, Porsche has only offered its GT variants with one type of transmission. Up until this car's predecessor, the GT3 was only ever available with a conventional three-pedal layout, but then the German brand controversially flipped its policy and offered the most recent GT3 with a PDK automatic due to the fact it was quicker and more efficient and therefore extracted the best performance from the closest model it has to a race car with numberplates.

Now, customers can have a choice.