PDK is available as an option for the 911 Carrera GTS models. Gear changes take place in milliseconds, for vastly improved acceleration and lower fuel consumption.

In total, PDK has seven gears at its disposal. Gears 1 to 6 have a sports ratio, with the top speed being reached in 6th gear. The 7th gear has a long ratio and helps to reduce fuel consumption even further. PDK is essentially two half gearboxes in one and thus requires two clutches – designed here as a double wet clutch transmission.

This double clutch provides an alternating, non positive connection between the two half gearboxes and the engine by means of two separate input shafts (input shaft 1 is nested inside the hollowed-out input shaft 2). The flow of power from the engine is only ever transmitted through one half gearbox and one clutch at a time, while the next gear is preselected in the second half-gearbox. During a gear change, therefore, a conventional shift no longer takes place. Instead, one clutch simply opens and the other closes at the same time.

PDK and the manual gearbox deliver power directly to the road. With the optional Sport Chrono Package Plus, you can make it more direct, and sportier. With a rush of adrenaline and euphoria, you are straight into the action.