> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://that-car-blog.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Porsche promises U.S. manuals into the next decade - URL: https://that-car-blog.ghost.io/porsche-promises-u-s-manuals-into-the-next-decade/ - Published: 2026-08-25T19:00:26.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-09T12:23:43.000Z - Author: Pierre-Emil Chantereau - Tags: #ai-generated, #story, #story-porsche-manual-transmission-future-commitment, Porsche Pledges to Offer Manual Transmissions as Long as Legally Allowed, #entity-timo-resch, #entity-vantage-gt3, #entity-porsche-cars-north-america, Manual transmissions, Porsche 911, sports cars, Automotive regulations, US auto market, Timo Resch, Vantage GT3, Porsche Cars North America, #heat-cooling U.S. MANUAL WATCH · 14 AUGUST 2026 # Porsche promises U.S. manuals into the next decade Porsche Cars North America CEO Timo Resch said on 14 August 2026 that the company would try to sell manual transmissions for as long as law and customer demand permit—immediately turning the newly returned six-speed 911 Carrera S into a statement of intent, not a farewell edition. UPDATED 14 AUGUST 2026 · 21:55 CEST ![Porsche-interiör med en manuell växelspak i trä samt läderdetaljer och mittkonsol.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5c/50/5c507761-e9c5-4cb3-84fb-431db5680f5c/content/images/2026/08/vo-05400d4b-sets-vo05400d4bio1-slots-0.jpg) Exklusiv interiörbild som visar växelspaken i trä och mittkonsolen.Illustration: AI-genererad The promise has two locks on it, and both matter. Porsche will keep the three-pedal choice only while buyers keep ordering it and regulations keep allowing the company to certify and sell it. For now, the American appetite is unusually strong: Resch told Road & Track that more than half of current 911 GT3 buyers choose a manual, rising to 80 percent for the GT3 Touring. That demand helped Porsche Cars North America make the case for a car that was not in the original plan: the North America-only 2027 911 Carrera S MT Package. Porsche says the six-speed model arrived after the updated Carrera S had initially moved to its eight-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic alone. PDK means Porsche Doppelkupplung—Porsche’s transmission with two clutches and automated gear changes. > You can be assured that we will try to offer manual transmissions as long as we are legally allowed to, and as long as there’s customer demand. > > Timo Resch · President and CEO, Porsche Cars North America · Road & Track, 14 August 2026 THE CHOICE IN THE CARRERA S ## Six speeds by hand, or eight by PDK Switch between the two on a phone; they sit together on a wider screen. Porsche’s published material supports the same engine output and rear-wheel-drive layout for both. It does not supply a like-for-like acceleration figure here, so we do not manufacture one. Six-speed manualEight-speed PDK ### 2027 911 Carrera S MT Package North America only · announced 13 August 2026 Transmission 6-speed manualPorsche, 13 Aug 2026 Engine output 473 hpPorsche claim, 3.0-litre twin-turbo flat-six Driven wheels RearPorsche, 13 Aug 2026 ### 2027 911 Carrera S Standard automatic counterpart · 2027 model Transmission 8-speed PDKPorsche, 13 Aug 2026 Engine output 473 hpPorsche claim, shared Carrera S engine Driven wheels RearPorsche Carrera S specification, 13 Aug 2026 Sources: Porsche Newsroom, “Three pedals. Six speeds. Endless smiles,” 13 August 2026; Road & Track, 14 August 2026\. Horsepower is a manufacturer figure, not an independent dynamometer measurement. WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY ## Seven manual 911 variants remain in North America CARRERA T Coupe and Cabriolet. Porsche identifies these as the entry point to the manual 911 range. CARRERA S MT PACKAGE Coupe and Cabriolet. Six-speed manual, rear-wheel drive and exclusive to the United States and Canada. GT3 FAMILY 911 GT3, 911 GT3 with Touring Package and 911 GT3 S/C. Porsche lists all three with a conventional manual transmission. ### Who controls what **Porsche Cars North America**, led by Timo Resch, gathers dealer and buyer feedback and argued the U.S. case for the Carrera S MT Package. **Porsche’s engineering and product organisation** decides which powertrains can carry a manual. Resch said the current T-Hybrid setup and this manual package are not compatible. **U.S. regulators** set certification requirements. They do not select Porsche’s gearbox, but a car must satisfy the applicable rules before it can be sold. **Porsche’s stated outlook:** customer demand for the manual option should last well into the next decade. That is the company’s forecast, not a guarantee. ![En illustration av Timo Resch framför Porsche Experience Center med en infälld detaljbild på en växelspak i trä.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5c/50/5c507761-e9c5-4cb3-84fb-431db5680f5c/content/images/2026/08/vo-05400d4b-sets-vo05400d4bio2-slots-0.jpg) Redaktionell illustration av Porsches VD Timo Resch vid Porsche Experience Center i Atlanta.Illustration: AI-genererad WHY “LEGALLY ALLOWED” MATTERS ## The gearbox is tested as part of the emissions-certified car There is no U.S. rule in the cited record that simply bans a clutch pedal. The pressure works through vehicle certification. Federal test procedure 40 CFR § 86.128-79 specifies how a manual car is driven during emissions testing, including clutch use and representative shift points. A manual powertrain is therefore its own testable configuration, not merely a lever swapped into an already approved automatic car. The regulatory target is also moving. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rule for model years 2027 and later sets tighter multi-pollutant standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles, phased in through model year 2032\. Porsche must make each configuration comply as those requirements apply; whether the engineering and certification work remains worthwhile also depends on how many customers order it. The honest reading of Resch’s caveat is narrower than “manuals are about to be outlawed”: regulation can constrain which powertrain combinations Porsche can certify, while present technology already keeps the manual away from the 911’s current T-Hybrid system. ![A silver Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car with its hood open, parked in a pit garage area during a race event.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5c/50/5c507761-e9c5-4cb3-84fb-431db5680f5c/content/images/2026/08/1920px-2023_GT_Celebration_-_June_2023_-_Sarah_Stierch_01.jpg) This is a current-generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car in a pit garage—not the road-going 911 Carrera S MT Package discussed above.Foto: Missvain / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) ## Sources and scope [Porsche Newsroom, 13 August 2026](https://newsroom.porsche.com/en%5FUS/2026/products/three-pedals-six-speeds-endless-smiles-the-manual-911-carrera-s-returns-to-north-america.html?ref=that-car-blog.ghost.io); [Road & Track, 14 August 2026](https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a73438767/porsche-us-ceo-manual-gearbox-sales-as-long-as-legally-allowed/?ref=that-car-blog.ghost.io); [U.S. EPA vehicle-emissions rule](https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/final-rule-multi-pollutant-emissions-standards-model?ref=that-car-blog.ghost.io); and [40 CFR § 86.128-79](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/86.128-79?ref=that-car-blog.ghost.io). See also our report on the [2027 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Manthey](https://that-car-blog.ghost.io/p/7eb3cafa-f476-483d-905e-27275e5ae06e/). Transparency: This article was assembled from Porsche’s published specifications, a named executive interview, federal regulatory material and the credited imagery above. Manufacturer figures are identified as such; no independent instrumented test of the Carrera S MT Package is included.