Porsche to abandon manual transmission for Panamera - report

Porsche will reportedly nix the manual transmission that's offered in the entry-level naturally-aspirated, rear-wheel drive Panamera V6 and V8 models.

According to CarandDriver.com, sources from within the German carmaker revealed that the demand for a manual transmission-equipped Panamera was "too low to justify a successor."

This means the next-generation Panamera will only be equipped with either the Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) dual clutch transmission or the Tiptronic S automatic gearbox.

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