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Originally Posted by seis-speed
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Originally Posted by weingarm
Not exactly accurate on the F80 M3 MT numbers. They were actually lower and will be even lower for the G80/82. I'm impressed the M2 reached a 50% MT take-rate.
For the global production run, F80 was 15.6% MT (5426/34,677)
For the US production run, F80 was 28.3% MT (4548/16,057)
According to BMW's G80/82 M3/4 launch materials, they expect global M3/4 MT take rate will be:
G80 M3: 12%
G82 M4: 8%
Given these forecast percentages (and the chip-shortage/wire-harness shortage induced low production numbers for M3/4 model years 2021-2022 and beyond) perhaps <5000 MT G80 M3 will ever be produced globally!
See attached pics.
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I said US. Take away the CS end of cycle production being auto only and it is pretty close to 30%….
US supports the manual.
As someone who wants a manual G80, I feel like BMW has been very limited in production can’t find one can’t get an allocation….We shall see how that shakes out. |
Agreed. US supports the manual more than any other country which I find surprising given where preferences were even as recently as the late-90s/early 2000s where Europe preferred manuals over AT.
I too am waiting for a 6MT G80 allocation (#1 at my dealer). Been at #1 since 2/2022. I was offered their 50th anniversary Jahre allocation in 5/2022 but of course that's 8AT only so it was a no-go.