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Originally Posted by bimmerjph
Hmm... Not solely having a manual means the bean counters had a lot more to do with this car than they did with the 1M. Not a good sign for the overall character of the car.
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I don't think so. The 1M was a limited production car; BMW could afford to produce the car as manual only. All M cars from now on will be offered with DCT...I'm just happy that (for now) M is offering manuals at all! Offering the DCT is just a reality for the car to succeed...and I WANT it to succeed and I want M to build more cars like it. Don't get me wrong, I will buy manuals until I cannot and i love that my E39 M5 and Z4 M coupe were only offered with manuals. BMW, and BMW M in the end is a business and needs to be profitable to succeed. I hope they can while still offering a small segment of their customers what I am looking for!