Video: Porsche 911 Turbo S versus Aston Martin V12 Vantage S

I drove two PDK Porsches recently and was amazed to find that both lurched on the upshift at high revs. I thought PDK was supposed to be seamless?! One of the advantages of a double clutch box is supposed to be the ability to shift mid-corner without upsetting the balance of the car. Neither the Cayman S or 991 GT3 I drove recently would be able to. This is surely something the UK press should be picking up on, yet every time we are told how utterly brilliant it is? Are Porsche cars immune from criticism these days? How did that happen?

As for PDK I remain totally unconvinced. It has introduced 'built in obsolescence' into cars which is great for manufacturers, not for buyers. No doubt the next generation of PDK will be a big improvement but it is mis-leading to continually proclaim the current system as the finished article. The 991 GT3 system was much better than the Cayman's but it was very far from the perfect paddleshift, contrary to what you read in car mags, the current PDK boxes will be laughed at in 5 years time. Which is just how Porsche like it.

As for the Aston being 'mauled' dynamically I think we can file that under 'most gross and unwarranted exaggeration of the decade'.