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Originally posted by Massive Type IV
The 930 Turbo had a 4 speed.......reason was it had so much torque that it did not need a 5 speed....
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Well, there is a sequel to that story: in those days a company called Ruf in Germany made the first 5-speed turbo boxes when the Porsche factory only offered 4-speeds. Once a turbo-customer test drove a 5-speed, they all wanted one. In fact, he sold so many, he could start his company with just building 5-speeds. After the Ruf succes story, the porsche factory also decided to offer 5-speeds and Ruf started to tune 911 engines as well to cope with the 'competition'.
Walter