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Perhaps the manual transmission isn’t as dead as a few Italian automakers would like you to believe. Porsche has declared that as long as there is demand it will continue to supply automobiles with do-it-yourself gearboxes, and the German automaker has outfitted its 2012 911 with a seven-speed manual gearbox. Now it seems General Motors is following suit, and the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette will reportedly offer up seven forward gears, as well.
Inside Line has reported](http://www.insideline.com/chevrolet/corvette/2014/2014-c7-chevy-corvette-will-get-seven-speed-manual.html) that the 2014 Corvette is set to swap in an extra cog for increased fuel efficiency. As a bonus, this move will allow engineers to play with the lower gear ratios thus providing a bit more speed from the lower end.
Now that Porsche has made the leap to a seven-speed manual and Corvette is following suit, could a cackling, wild-eyed locked-in-the-basement transmission engineer be working on an eight-speed unit? We doubt it, but we’re already doing heavy shoulder workouts just in case.Next Corvette will sport seven-speed manual, too originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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