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Gemballa paddle shift steering for Porsche PDK

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Gemballa Paddle ShiftI never did understand why Porsche used that weird rocker switch thing for the steering-mounted gear shifters.

Thankfully there are many who share my views, including Porsche tuner Gemballa, who have just released this Gemballa F1 steering wheel for the Porsche PDK dual clutch transmission. It offers some proper paddle shifts with left for downshift and right for upshift.

Nice and ergonomic, just like how everyone else does it! The steering wheel rim is also pretty darn thick for a firmer grip and includes the standard airbag.

21 Comments »

  1. CocoBear said,

    April 5, 2009 @ 11:12 pm

    That’s a good replacement. Is there a universal airbag-steering wheel? I’ve no interest in ricer-boy Momo steering, but this thing looks good to hold.

  2. San Peng Road said,

    April 5, 2009 @ 11:22 pm

    Aik why P1 dont have the gear shifters?

  3. nabil said,

    April 5, 2009 @ 11:29 pm

    looks like waja steering wheel !

  4. seat-belt said,

    April 5, 2009 @ 11:37 pm

    gemballa kambeng…
    hahaha!!….

  5. eezarm said,

    April 5, 2009 @ 11:40 pm

    yup, like waja’s steering whel indeed, except waja’s lack the paddle shift. if available, i wont mind spending money adding it to my waja steering wheel…

  6. WinterAngeLs said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 12:42 am

    I also though it was a waja steering wheel at 1st glance until i notice the 2 “stick” bhind the wheel. Looks heavy n firm!

  7. altimi said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 12:59 am

    Gembala kerbau ke ni?

  8. madboy said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 9:11 am

    [quote comment="227132"]yup, like waja’s steering whel indeed, except waja’s lack the paddle shift. if available, i wont mind spending money adding it to my waja steering wheel…[/quote]

    Paddle shift for a 4 speed auto, I don’t think so…just wait for the replacement model, if come with cvt or 5/6 speed, then I also want it.

  9. sagaKNIGHT said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 10:24 am

    lets us hope waja replacement have
    this features
    :)

  10. eezarm said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 11:17 am

    not to forget, waja actually copied design/parts from few cars…including porsche (the dashboard design)…

  11. elpaciko said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 1:04 pm

    [quote comment="227216"]not to forget, waja actually copied design/parts from few cars…including porsche (the dashboard design)…[/quote]

    how do you so sure proton copied design from other manufacturer? bmw x6 look a lot like gen2, did bmw copied design from proton?

  12. eezarm said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 3:27 pm

    elpaciko said,
    April 6, 2009 @ 1:04 pm · Reply with quote

    eezarm wrote:

    not to forget, waja actually copied design/parts from few cars…including porsche (the dashboard design)…

    how do you so sure proton copied design from other manufacturer? bmw x6 look a lot like gen2, did bmw copied design from proton?

    dear elpaciko,

    this is what i meant…see the similarity of the dashboard especially the silver lining?

    even the door handle is similar too. probably it’s porsche that actually took waja’s design…who knows…

  13. eezarm said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 3:28 pm

    opss…forgot the link…

    http://www.zcars.com.au/images/porsche-cayenne-turbo-s-interior1.jpg

  14. eezarm said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 3:32 pm

    [quote comment="227256"][quote comment="227216"]not to forget, waja actually copied design/parts from few cars…including porsche (the dashboard design)…[/quote]

    how do you so sure proton copied design from other manufacturer? bmw x6 look a lot like gen2, did bmw copied design from proton?[/quote]

    dear elpaciko,

    here’s another link to the photo of the porsche’s dashboard that is similar to waja’s.

    http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/izp/porsche_cayenne_turbo_2008_dashboard_dashboard_640×480.jpg

  15. eezarm said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 3:38 pm

    although its 2008 porsche car, u can check the previous model back in 2003…porsche still using the same design…

  16. DtG said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

    haiya… so many cars got that decorative strip la….

  17. seat-belt said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 11:16 pm

    aiyah…. decorative strip oso want to fight kah?? aiyooohhh…
    malaysians2….

  18. madboy said,

    April 6, 2009 @ 11:20 pm

    [quote comment="227322"][quote comment="227256"][quote comment="227216"]not to forget, waja actually copied design/parts from few cars…including porsche (the dashboard design)…[/quote]

    how do you so sure proton copied design from other manufacturer? bmw x6 look a lot like gen2, did bmw copied design from proton?[/quote]

    dear elpaciko,

    here’s another link to the photo of the porsche’s dashboard that is similar to waja’s.

    http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/izp/porsche_cayenne_turbo_2008_dashboard_dashboard_640×480.jpg/quote
    Come on la, just becouse there are some similarities, do not means that Proton “tiru” Porsche. Inspired perhap, “tiru” no la.

  19. BanyakMasukWorkshop said,

    April 7, 2009 @ 9:02 am

    [quote comment="227471"][quote comment="227322"][quote comment="227256"][quote comment="227216"]not to forget, waja actually copied design/parts from few cars…including porsche (the dashboard design)…[/quote]

    how do you so sure proton copied design from other manufacturer? bmw x6 look a lot like gen2, did bmw copied design from proton?[/quote]

    dear elpaciko,

    here’s another link to the photo of the porsche’s dashboard that is similar to waja’s.

    http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/izp/porsche_cayenne_turbo_2008_dashboard_dashboard_640×480.jpg/quote
    Come on la, just becouse there are some similarities, do not means that Proton “tiru” Porsche. Inspired perhap, “tiru” no la.[/quote]

    come on la.. a door handle is a door handle.. no one owns the patent on door handles.. this is such a pointless argument. how many different ways can someone design a door handle? honestly, there really is no such thing as 100% originality in design. everyone starts to look the same if you look at the details.

  20. ali said,

    April 7, 2009 @ 11:18 am

    the stering’s good, only the name ‘gemballa’ sounds funny hehe…

  21. lewis said,

    April 8, 2009 @ 4:21 am

    in my opinion having a semi automatic transmission is a pain in the ass. Not like the aston where you have an auto mode. But like the maserati, it doesn’t have a clutch, and thus u just roll back when ur in reverse. Who here agrees with me.

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