Ferrari Mailing List: NFC: Sequential manual boxes -- practical in street cars??

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

I have a thing lately for sequential transmissions.....never knew much
about them except the general shift pattern of up/down. They are
mighty fast and look like fun.

Curious besides cost why we haven't seen many in high end sports cars?

Is it really that much of a maintenance issue, or is it maybe not smooth?

I get it for a BMW 3 series, but what about a cost no object Porsche or Ferrari?

The new Zonda or Huayra has the option for a dual clutch semi-auto,
H-pattern manual, and sequential.....very cool! I believe sequential
was considered for F40 or at least setup so a conversion was
practical.

I saw the Autocar video for Caterham 620 with the sequential......was too good!!

I don't like to trust the internets on this one.....too many rookies
out there. If sequential is avoided because most people cannot drive a
regular H pattern stick, that would be sad indeed.

FG