[DeTomaso] NPC: latest Dan Neil automotive prose

[Charles Engles]

Dear Forum,

 

 

               This is gleaned from the March 21 WSJ's column of Dan Neil
writing about the new Porsche Cayman GT4

 

 

               "Enthusiasts have been waiting for this car like dogs paying
lewd attention to pillow.  And they won't be disappointed, all 2,500 of them
world-wide, annually.   This is the nutter special.   For one thing,  no
PDK, or automated transmission.  The GT4 comes only with a traditional six
speed manual transmission with a pedal-lever clutch, an increasing rarity in
any performance car.  It's a fantastic box, too, a cog-shifter of innate,
greased precision and core-of-the-earth solidity, a cudgel of joy.

 

 

                  Everyone understands the PDK gearbox would be
better/faster/stronger, as it is in the 911 GT3 (no option of a manual
transmission).  This six-speed is just more fun."

 

 

                 For what it is worth. ..

 

 

                             Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles

 

 

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   Dear Forum,



                  This is gleaned from the March 21 WSJ's column of Dan
   Neil writing about the new Porsche Cayman GT4



                  "Enthusiasts have been waiting for this car like dogs
   paying lewd attention to pillow.  And they won't be disappointed, all
   2,500 of them world-wide, annually.   This is the nutter special.   For
   one thing,  no PDK, or automated transmission.  The GT4 comes only with
   a traditional six speed manual transmission with a pedal-lever clutch,
   an increasing rarity in any performance car.  It's a fantastic box,
   too, a cog-shifter of innate, greased precision and core-of-the-earth
   solidity, a cudgel of joy.



                     Everyone understands the PDK gearbox would be
   better/faster/stronger, as it is in the 911 GT3 (no option of a manual
   transmission).  This six-speed is just more fun."



                    For what it is worth. ......



                                Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles