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[Reality Wired] Reality Wired » Porsche to offer proper paddle shifters on all models?: Porsche to offer proper paddle shifters on all models? Filed under: Technology , Porsche 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo - Click above for a high-res image gallery The new Porsche 911 Turbo is packed with sports car goodness, primarily with the inclusion of a new steering wheel with proper paddles for tapping your way through the gearbox. The replacement of the silly up-down switches on the spokes will be an option on the Turbo and it seems like the wiring from the wheel to the ...

[Gear 6 Performance Automotive, News Updates] Porsche to Offer Proper Paddle Shifters on All Models? - News ...: The new Porsche 911 Turbo is packed with sports car goodness, primarily with the inclusion of a new steering wheel with proper paddles for tapping your way through the gearbox. The replacement of the silly up-down switches on the spokes will be an option on the Turbo and it seems like the wiring from the wheel to the column is the same regardless of which style you choose. 

[Car and Driver Blog] Porsche Can (and Probably Will) Make Two-Paddle PDK Steering Wheel ...: For what it’s worth, company officials still contend that the push/pull button arrangement is preferred by Porsche engineers, but we suspect that has something to do with the fact that they’ve been driving development mules equipped that way for many years now. Those of us who don’t drive Porsches all day will tell you that the buttons take some getting used to, so we’d rather paddle our Doppelkupplungsgetriebe, thank you.

[6speedonline.com Forums] Porsche Caves: PDK To Get Paddle Shifters - 6speedonline.com Forums: Fitted firmly on the steering wheel, the right paddle is for shifting up, the left paddle for shifting down. In conjunction with the optional Sport Chrono Package Turbo both the gearshift paddle and the PDK steering wheel with its shift buttons come with integrated displays for Launch Control and the Sport/Sport Plus mode, which are however designed differently on the two steering wheels.

[PorschePurist.com: The Cars, Products and LifeStyle] Real Paddle Shifters for the 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo with PDK ...: Models equipped with PDK are also available with a new, optional three-spoke steering wheel with gearshift paddles as an alternative to the standard steering wheel with its proven shift buttons. Fitted firmly on the steering wheel, the right paddle is for shifting up, the left paddle for shifting down.

[Autos News] Porsche to offer proper paddle shifters on all models? | Autos News: Filed under: Technology , Porsche 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo - Click above for a high-res image gallery The new Porsche 911 Turbo is packed with sports car goodness, primarily with the inclusion of a new steering wheel with proper paddles ...

[Porschebahn Weblog] Sport Steering Wheel With Shift Paddles - Now Available for Turbo ...: The shift paddles, which have their origins in motor sports, are secured behind the right-hand and left-hand spokes of the steering wheel and are used for changing gears.  The shift function and shift characteristics of the paddles have been largely adopted from the Porsche RS Spyder. The right-hand paddle is embossed with “+”

[Teamspeed.com] Worth a listen to again, Steve Sutcliffe agrees what we have all ...: I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every school, and every courthouse, and, may I say, of every legislative body in the United States. I should like to have every court begin, "I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, I think we may be mistaken."

[Porsche Blogs] Forget PDK What About the Paddle Shifters? | Porsche Blogs: By now, most of you are aware that the recently unveiled Porsche 2010 Turbo not only received a much anticipated facelift, but is also available with their optional double clutch gearbox (PDK). Porsche, however, has a habit of announcing new cars and products that focus on a certain subject while hiding sliding other important information into the body of the press release (as an example, they released pictures of the Panamera’s interior shots and in that release had the much awaited pricing information ).

[Maximum Gear] Maximum Gear » Blog Archive » Porsche unveils facelifted 2010 911 ...: Also gone (kinda) are the trifling dual-action faux-paddle shifters. Replacing them are F1 phraseology right-is-up, left-is-down wheel-mounted paddles ”” a receive improvement, allowing we'principal attempt stop single in a puzzle .

[Auto Show by Auto Trader] Auto Show by Auto Trader » Blog Archive New 2010 Porsche Turbo to ...: What’s more, the PDK transmission’s aggravating thumb buttons (Porsche uses the term “proven” to describe them) might still come standard, but there’s good news in that they can now be optionally replaced by “traditional” paddle shifters (a tug on the right paddle to upshift and a pull on the left paddle to downshift) mated to a new three-spoke sport steering wheel, although complaints are already surfacing that the paddles turn with the wheel instead of being fixed to the steering column; this is a personal taste issue as many would complain about the opposite if Porsche had fixed them to the column.

[Bush's Auto Blog] 2010 Porsche 911 (997) Turbo Revealed | Bush's Auto Blog: Fitted firmly on the steering wheel, the right paddle is for shifting up, the left paddle for shifting down. In conjunction with the optional Sport Chrono Package Turbo both the gearshift paddle and the PDK steering wheel with its shift buttons come with integrated displays for Launch Control and the Sport/Sport Plus mode, which are however designed differently on the two steering wheels.

[Easy Car Blog] Porsche Reveals The New 911 Turbo Facelift Model - Easy Car Blog: Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is proudly presenting a new top model at the pinnacle of its broad range of production sports cars: The new Porsche 911 Turbo combines far-reaching innovations in technology with fine tuning and supreme refinement in design. All key features of this high-performance sports car have been significantly improved, the new 911 Turbo combining a substantial improvement in fuel efficiency and lower weight with more power, even higher speed, and enhanced driving dynamics.

[Cars Blog] New Porsche Turbo | Cars Blog: Fitted firmly on the steering wheel, the right paddle is for shifting up, the left paddle for shifting down. In conjunction with the optional Sport Chrono Package Turbo both the gearshift paddle and the PDK steering wheel with its shift buttons come with integrated displays for Launch Control and the Sport/Sport Plus mode, which are however designed differently on the two steering wheels.

[jason's blog] jason's blog » Porsche Fixes Transmission Mistake: With the launch of the 2010 Porsche Turbo, they have finally introduced paddle shifters. Right to shift up, left to shift down.

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