Porsche is one of only a few automakers that wants to keep the manual transmission alive, but even it struggles to keep customers interested. Perhaps that’s why the automaker is working on a new type of transmission that combines the best of both worlds of an automatic and a shift-it-yourself manual. CarBuzz discovered a patent filing submitted with the German Patent and Trademark Office back on August 30, 2024. Despite the older application date, the patent was only recently published on March 5, 2026.
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