Porsche Kills the Manual in 911 Carrera S, Offers PDK and Power Instead
Porsche's updated 2025 911 Carrera S just landed with more power, more tech, and zero clutch pedals.
Stuttgart doesn't care about your manual transmission nostalgia. They care about lap times.
The Numbers That Matter
The refreshed 992.2 Carrera S packs a serious punch with its upgraded 3.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six.
473 horsepower. That's 30 more than before.
390 lb-ft of torque. Available when you need it.
3.3 seconds to 60 mph. Drop to 3.1 with the Sport Chrono Package.
191 mph top speed. Enough to rearrange your face.
Power routes exclusively through an 8-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission to the rear wheels. No manual option. No apologies.
Hardware That Delivers
Porsche didn't just add power and call it a day. The Carrera S comes standard with equipment that used to cost extra:
- Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus for sharper cornering
- Sports exhaust for the soundtrack enthusiasts demand
- Upgraded brakes that won't fade when pushed hard
The staggered wheel setup remains: 20-inch fronts and 21-inch rears. Physics dictates this, not fashion.
Optional ceramic brakes and PASM sports suspension with rear-wheel steering remain available for those who actually track their cars.
The PDK-Only Reality
The manual transmission is dead in the Carrera S. Purists will complain. Numbers don't lie.
PDK shifts faster than you. It's more efficient than you. It's more consistent than you.
The 992.2 Carrera S sits in the sweet spot of the 911 lineup – more muscular than the base Carrera, less hardcore than the GTS.
It's the thinking person's 911. Fast enough to embarrass most sports cars, refined enough for daily use.
Porsche knows what it's doing. The PDK-only approach signals where the brand is headed – toward performance metrics that manual transmissions simply can't match.
The question isn't whether you'll miss the manual. The question is whether you'll care once you feel that acceleration.
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