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Originally Posted by termigni
it must be the market demand. BMW probably sees auto selling a lot more so either BMW eats the cost or the MT buyers do. BMW chose MT buyers.
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Easier to make about 7% of your buyers mad than 93%. Automatic buyers have been complaining for years that the auto is an additional charge, while Lexus, Infiniti, MB and Audi don't charge for it. So BMW changed it. Not surprising. Plus manuals hurt fleet efficiency averages.