The turbocharged 718 engines don’t quite offer the zingy response and aural feedback to the perfect throttle blip. There’s a lovely consistency of control weighting that makes you feel utterly in tune with the car. Pedal placement is perfect for heel-and-toe downshifts. The lever is tactile and relatively short of throw. All of the key ingredients for a lovely shift are here. And yes, before you ask, the six-speed manual in the 718 Boxster and Cayman is a better transmission than the seven-speed unit that 911 buyers tend not to choose. This is the best three-pedal combo you can buy right now. That thing about no particular order? That was a lie.
So we did, and we’ve narrowed the list down to five of the best, presented here in no particular order.
If you still relish the art of the perfect manual gearshift, what are your best options? A few years ago, there was a huge range of choices available, but finding one now requires a little more research. A couple of months ago, we compiled a list of sports cars with manual transmissions and it was seriously short, and will get shorter when the VFII Commodore shuffles into retirement. Shifting gears yourself is almost becoming a bit of a lost art.
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