In 2012, Porsche sold a couple hundred of its awesome, track-taming 911 GT_(3)s. Often referred to as the "purist's Porsche," every one of those high-horse, big-winged, 8400-rpm-redline Bauhaus beauties came equipped as follows: rear drive (no AWD to taint the organic steering), a naturally aspirated flat-six (who wants throttle-numbing turbos?), and a stout six-speed manual (no auto-shifting dual-clutch gearbox here, Mr. Lazy). Of special note was the manual, as it was the one feature that made the GT_3 unique, at least among other ultra-high-performance imports, which all had-ahem-shifted to dual-clutch autos. So while the Ferrari 458 Italia (and every new Ferrari, for that matter), Nissan GT-R, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, Audi R8 V-10 Plus, and McLaren 12C had left the clutch pedals and H-pattern shiftgates in the parts heap, the GT_3 remained the one holdout. Not anymore.
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