The 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S

flow, which results in improved
acceleration and significantly
lower fuel consumption—
without having to dispense with
the advantages of an automatic.
The driver experiences a
sportier, even more dynamic
drive with more agility.
Depending on driving style,
gear changes range from
exceptionally comfortable
to exceptionally sporty.
Manual gear changes are
performed using PDK’s
ergonomically designed gear
lever or alternatively, on the
911 Turbo models, using the
switches on the sport steering
wheel: Nudge forward to
change up; pull back to change
down. Fitted as standard on
911 Turbo S models and available
as an option for 911 Turbo
models is the SportDesign
steering wheel, which can also
be used to operate the PDK
manually using the gearshift
paddles behind the steering
wheel. With its motorsportderived
gearshift logic, you
pull the right-hand paddle
to shift up and pull the lefthand
paddle to shift down.
PDK has been specially tuned
to the characteristics of the
911 Turbo models and the
911 Turbo S models. It 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
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ratio and helps to reduce fuel
consumption even further.
PDK is essentially two halfgearboxes
in one and thus
requires two clutches, making it
a double wet-clutch transmission.
Power flow in 1st gear
Power flow in 2nd gear