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Originally Posted by NightWriter
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Originally Posted by Alpine300zhp
What do they mean no technical reason? There is a blatantly obvious technical reason for MT availability and it's that people buy them! There was a time when I believe BMW thought that the manual transmission was going to be phased out. However, as other manufacturers stopped making them, those people who like MT cars started gravitating to the few brands that still offer them thus increasing demand for MT cars.
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By "technical," he means "performance." i.e. They're slower to shift and can't offer as many gears (lower fuel economy). |
If car guys only cared about performance/mpg's then we'd all be driving a Tesla Plaid. I'd gladly sacrifice performance on paper but have a MT.
Good job BMW
