Comments on: Truly versatile: Porsche 911 Carrera 4 with PDK allows front wheel disengagement

By: silviumc

silviumc — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:08:33 +0000

I can pronounce Doppelkupplungsgetriebe and I’m not German. Not American either
It’s not that hard, it means “double coupling gearbox”, just without the space between the words. And yeah, quite a nice feature.

By: brocky

brocky — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:47:00 +0000

Amazing.

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:43:30 +0000

Handbrake activation for this? That’s is WEIRD. Would it kill them to install a button on the console for this feature?

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:58:19 +0000

Thanks Beatus. At least one person got the joke.

By the way, people, seriously, if you all love Porsche’s Bimmers, and Benz’s, learn some german. Doppelkupplungsgetriebe is actually very easy to pronounce and is certainly no tongue-twister. But as a note to LLN and anyone else here, it translates directly as “Double Clutch Transmission” so when you say “dual-clutch Doppelkupplungsgetriebe transmission” you are being redundantly redundant, get the drift?

By: vortec4200

vortec4200 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:50:39 +0000

PDK stands for Porsche Doesn’t Know what the hell to call it.

By: ckron247

ckron247 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:22:41 +0000

Whats new is that this technology is now on a high performance sports car. Sure trucks have had it for quite sometime now. But to see that used on a porsche which will now give drivers the option to switch between AWD and RWD is a great feature. Thats great if you have the ability to take it to a track or just open it up on a clear highway somewhere. No one said its brand new technology, its just a new clutch system for porsche. I think its a great advancement for their cars. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Lambo following with similar clutch for the Gallardo.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:00:25 +0000

Wow, no one got Mayer’s joke. I nearly fell out my chair with laughter when I read it. That was funny as hell.

It’s not as funny when it has to be explained, but I’ll go ahead and do it:

Honda recently recalled 182,756 Civics because of faulty wheel bearing that could fail and cause a front wheel to fall off, or “disengage.” http://www.leftlanenews.com/honda-recalls-182756-civic-sedans.html

See? Now, it’s not that funny.

By: kitko

kitko — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:07:56 +0000

What’s new?

Engaging and disengaging front or back wheels on a 4×4 car has been available for ages. Even the Lada Niva had that, acutally an inheritance from old Soviet military vehicles.

Modern systems do the same, transfer traction from and back from 100:0 or 0:100 to 50:50, depending on circumstances….

VW calls the system Haldex clutch, it’s available in VW, Skodas…, Mazda 6 MPS, CX-7 and past JDM-only 4×4 versions of Mazda 3 had similar system…

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:03:51 +0000

I heard a rumor that Audi is going to offer a system that disengages the rear wheels. This is to show their allegiance to torque steer.

By: ckron247

ckron247 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:38:18 +0000

Ha HA. That would be funny. Moving forward Porsche is going to use manual locking hubs from the old fords on all AWD cars and SUVs. Now that’s innovation!

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:31:03 +0000

Stop complaining about the ridiculous long word… that’s why it is abbreviated to PDK.
· Now that’s technologic evolution.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:28:03 +0000

should have put locking hubs on the front wheels like an 89 F350

By: ckron247

ckron247 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:17:03 +0000

Once again Porsche proves to be very initiative and staying at the top of their game. Thats is a fantastic option. AWD for everyday driving, RWD for a day at the track. Porsches Carrera 4 ACTUALLY has full time AWD. Porsche Traction Management (PTM), comprising permanent all-wheel drive with an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch, an automatic brake differential (ABD) and anti-slip regulation (ASR).

Mayer, When did honda ever offer any AWD system on a Civic, or even wheel that disengage? Maybe on the Pilot, not the civic.

By: 928dreamer

928dreamer — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:14:49 +0000

Who can pronounce it? LOL I don’t know……Germans maybe?

By: MitchL

MitchL — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:57:53 +0000

Thats cuz Honda sucks compared to Porsche + the AWD system on a Porsche distributes 100% of the power to the rear wheels UNTIL there is slippage…

By: christianboy10

christianboy10 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:57:41 +0000

Doppwho?Who the hell will be able to prononce that word.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:46:30 +0000

Damn, Porsche offers this? Wheels that disengage?

Honda offered this on their Civics and had to recall 200,000 units for it.

By: pzimet

pzimet — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:33:18 +0000

Whoa. Nice…too bad it’s only w/ PDK, I’d never get it w/ anything but a stick.