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reginos said:
My friend, an experienced Porsche specialist technician, who drove the PDK extensively in the UK, told me that after you learn to use it and live with it for a period of time, you will not want go back to manual again.



He IS indeed right, manual and automatic transmissions are DEAD in my opinion. Unfortunately I think that Porsche won't offer PDK as a standard option any time soon but as a very expensive extra option to cope for development cost and of course to cash in on this new feature.
I kind of hate such marketing strategies but if Porsche thinks this is the way to do business, so be it. I would rather offer PDK as a standard option and let people decide on how much leather, etc. they want on their car.

With the introduction of PDK, I would also love to see a "cheap" 997 Carrera PDK version for track addicts.
Standard options: PDK, 20 mm sport suspension, LSD, sport exhaust, Xenon lights, sport bucket seats, airbags, red brake calipers and A/C. No PCM, no leather, no HIFI system, etc., only three simple non-metallic colors to choose from. Such a car could be sold for the base price of a naked 997 Carrera, it would be fun to see such a product.