The Getrag gearbox was carried over from the 964, albeit this got an extra gear, with sixth intended to boost the 993’s touring credentials.
Porsche carried over its Tiptronic automatic gearbox from the 964 for those who wanted their 993 to shift gears for them. Still a four-sided affair, for the 993 though, the gearbox was renamed ‘Tiptronic S’, with Porsche introducing steering wheel-mounted rocker switches to enable the driver to manually shift gears without his or her hands leaving the wheel. A great concept and a very early predecessor to paddles now found mounted to the wheel of PDK Porsches, the 1990s Tiptronic ‘box is nevertheless comparatively much slower to shift gears than modern automatic equivalents.
