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Originally Posted by basscadet

I think many people are still under the impression that a manual transmission is still the best way to wrangle the most performance out of a car. For BMW, this has not been the case from the E60 M5 going forward.

For those who understand going with a 6-speed is a performance detriment yet prefer the old-school experience, the manual still makes sense.

For guys like me who put a premium on performance and like the ability to throw it into Auto-mode for traffic, you will pry the DCT out of my cold, dead hands. To me, the DCT makes me drive the car harder - I want to push it more as I enjoy those perfect downshifts.

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