Drive 49
7-speed manual transmission.
Pure, direct, precise. Short shift
movements and an optimum transition
from one gear to the next. The 7-speed
manual transmission combines a high
level of sport y performance with fast
gear changes. In conjunction with the
optional Sport Chrono Package, selecting
SPORT or SPORT PLUS mode activates
the dynamic
throttle-blip function, which
ensures the optimum engine speed for
every downshift, a more emotional
driving experience and an impressive
sound.
A gear indicator in the rev counter
reminds you which gear has been
selected. The upshift indicator in the
instrument cluster helps you actively to
conserve fuel.
Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK).
The optimised 7-speed PDK, featuring
both a manual and an automatic mode, is
available as an option and offers extremely
fast gear changes with no interruption in
the flow of power. And that ’s with even
faster acceleration performance and a
further reduction in fuel consumption.
A first for the 911
models: in manual
mode, the shift direction simulates that
of racing cars and the 911
GT3 models –
to the rear to shift up, forwards to shift
down. For a racetrack driving experience
wherever you are. Gears one to six have a sports ratio, with
top speed being reached in sixth gear.
Seventh gear is ratioed primarily for fuel
economy.
PDK is essentially t wo gearboxes in one.
This double-clutch arrangement provides
an alternating, non-positive connection
bet ween the t wo half gearboxes and the
engine by means of t wo separate input
shafts. The flow of power from the
engine is transmit ted through one half
gearbox and one clutch at a time, while
the next gear is preselected in the
second half gearbox. During a gear
change, therefore, one clutch simply
opens and the other closes at the same
time, enabling gear changes to take
place within milliseconds.
Always a few milliseconds ahead of time.
Transmission.
1
7-speed manual transmission
2 Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK)
Comfort 87
Adaptive cruise control including
Porsche Active Safe (PAS).
Available as an option in conjunction
with Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK),
this enhanced version of cruise control
actively regulates the speed of your
vehicle in line with the speed of the
vehicle in front. A radar sensor scans the
road ahead up to a distance of 200 m.
If Porsche Active Safe (PAS) detects that
your vehicle is approaching the vehicle in
front too quickly, the system issues an
audible and a visual warning. Where
necessary, this may be accompanied by
a brief jolt of the brakes and the initiation
of targeted braking. During this process,
any braking by the driver is boosted to
achieve the maximum braking force that
the system is able to provide. With the new 911, coasting is now
possible even while adaptive cruise
control is active.
Lane Change Assist.
New Lane Change Assist, available as an
option, uses radar sensors to monitor
the areas to the rear of the vehicle and
the blind spots on either side. Above a
speed of 9 mph, the system issues a
visual warning signal in the door mirror
panel whenever a vehicle rapidly
approaches your vehicle from behind
or enters one of your blind spots. In
this way, Lane Change Assist improves
comfort and safety, particularly on
motorways. However, the system does
not actively intervene to control the
vehicle and can be deactivated at any
time.
ParkAssist.
Featuring four inconspicuous sensors in
the rear end, the system audibly alerts
the driver to the presence of obstacles
detected behind the vehicle. An
intermittent warning tone increases in
rapidit y as the obstacle is approached.
ParkAssist can be optionally upgraded to
include monitoring of the front end with
four additional sensors. The audible alert
is supplemented by a visual warning in
the central display screen, which shows
a graphical representation of the vehicle
from overhead.
The optional reversing camera facilitates
precise reverse parking and manoeuvring.
Help is provided in the form of the camera
image and the dynamic, superimposed
Take the stress out of sport.
On every drive.
Assistance systems.
guidelines on the PCM screen, which
illustrate the predicted course of the
vehicle given the current position of the
steering wheel.
Speed limit indicator.
The camera-based speed limit indicator
informs you of speed restrictions and
‘no overtaking’ zones (start and end).
Notifications appear on the display in the
instrument cluster and on the screen of
PCM.
