it means you still have to change gears,but no clutch
barls 路
it means no clutch pedal as its operated by contacts on the shifter.
vw54 路
They only came in Beetles 68 on and its the same box as in the Porsche Sportomatic
PrettyBlueBug 路
Semi-auto's are awesome! 馃槀
fekkinell 路
cool... in that case my kombi was unofficially semi-automatic when my clutch pedal broke... it was kinda mostly engaged, but enough free play to change gears without touching the clutch pedal...
got me home and back to the mechanics the next day 馃榿
Grey 57 路
Dave, are you sure they are the same box as a Porsche Sporto???
1303Steve 路
Hi
They are different, same principle and they are 4 speed where the VW box is 3 speed, no 1st gear.
killakornkobb 路
yeah the porsche sportomatic is a 5 speed box, and was very different to driving my semi-auto beetle, wicked fun though 馃榾
Grey 57 路
The early Sportos were 4 speed, later ones (early/mid 70's were a 3 speed.
Are the VW ones 3 or 4 speed?
PrettyBlueBug 路
Three speed: 'Low' gear, Drive 1 and Drive 2.
killakornkobb 路
the sporto targa had more than my auto-stick.. musta been 4 then馃檪 was well fun to drive 馃榾