We look forward to serving you as a Porsche customer! Open Today Sales: 9am-7pm. Open Today Service: am-5pm. Open Today Parts: 8am-4pm. View Inventory. Check out our newest specials. New Vehicle Specials. How Does It Work? While many of us here prefer the old-school goodness of a manual gearbox , there's no denying that a number of automatic units are faster and better suited for the task of simply going fast.
Amongst them, the PDK is pretty much the gold standard. It's almost telepathic in its ability to downshift ahead of a corner, and it will run right up into the sweet spot of the power band when you ask it to pull harder and faster. You know what a great transmission it is, and now you also know what those three letters mean as well.
You may even be able to claim you speak a bit of German to boot. Sign up to get the latest performance and luxury automotive news, delivered to your inbox daily! I agree to receive emails from Motor Authority. I understand that I can unsubscribe at any time. Privacy Policy. The PDK only engages one clutch at a time. However, because gear sets alternate between clutches, as one disengages the other can engage in one fluid motion.
The internal gears and clutch pack of a PDK transmission. Blue highlights which gears the clutch operates. Green highlights which gears the clutch operates. Think of a PDK like a seven-person Olympic relay race team. By the time one runner nears the end of his stint, another gets up to speed separately and is ready to begin, so the baton is effectively handed off instantly, with no loss in speed.
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