Cayman and DSG - when?

Does anyone know when Porsche will produce the Cayman S with the DSG gearbox? Thanks much for any info.

I keep forgetting the acronym for the Porsche equivalent, is it PDK, PDT? well regardless, the 'rumor' is that it will premier on the 997 Turbo in late 2006 as a 2007 model year car. No word yet on whether or not Porsche will also offer the tranny in other models since the Turbo rumor is just that, a rumor at this point. It would make sense to offer it in other models and I see no technical reason why not, but Porsche has been sitting on this tranny for years so who knows why they do what they do at times... /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/wall.gif

Well, it was 'rumored' to be available on the 997 as early as 2006 (for MY 2007). /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/stupid.gif

My take on this is that Porsche always does its homework when it comes to understanding their customers. There are two camps, those who will order a tip for whatever reason and those reasons are compelling enough for Porsche not to lose sales because they don't have an automatic box. The other camp will never accept a tip (auto) in a 'true' sports car and are skeptical about the paddles fora variety of reasons including the ever present, but not often stated, 'machismo' factor. Ferrari developed the clutchless F1 paddles to win races, nothing more or less. Since the F1 has been successful in racing it could be adopted for production Ferraris without loss of prestige/machismo/mojo etc. etc. Porsche's only real incentive for introducing a clutchless paddle system is racing where it maybe required to remain competitive in certain classes. Furthermore, if Porsche does decide to offer this transmission on production cars, then the question becomes whether it is economically efficient to offer three transmission choices and for how many different models. Does Porsche drop the Tiptronic and offer the paddle system as it's 'automatic' ? How many models? When you are the most profitable car company and want to stay that way, these are the kinds of questions that have to be asked and answered in advance.

I think clutch-less manuals are the wave of the future. If BMW, Audi, Ferrari and (based on rumors) Acura and Nissan are going to come out with a clutch-less manual for the new NSX and Skyline GTR, respectively, there is no reason for Porsche to shy away from this technology. If Porsche is already planning on offering it on the 997, it would seem a natural fit for the company to trickle down its new tech to the Boxster/Cayman platform ( http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000830049048/ ) We'll just have to wait and see.