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08-12-2012, 09:54 PM | #24 |
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No, that's not what we're saying. BMW has never charged for the manual box. However, if you make it a no-charge option, then, in effect, you're being charged extra since you're paying for the DCT but "only" getting the manual.
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Ah, I gotcha. Yeah, that's totally true. I thought about that when I made my purchase... would have been nice to get a discount for the manual.
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09-08-2012, 01:40 PM | #26 |
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2013 M3 Sedan, No 6MT option?
Stopped by the BMW dealer this week and they said the new M3 Sedan, to be released late 2013, will only come with DCT. What's the likelihood of that? Are the 2011's the last to have a 6MT?
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09-08-2012, 01:46 PM | #27 |
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I highly doubt that. The m3 is the m divisions bread and butter, and a lot of people choose manual. Having both, I regret the dct purchase. It takes forever to get going, and switching to reverse or drive takes forever. Not to mention the lack of smoothness pulling away in first and the occasional lag at the wrong time in traffic.
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09-08-2012, 01:52 PM | #28 |
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BMW will be dropping the option of manual transmission in the next generation M5 & M6. However, they've stated that they'll retain the 6MT option for the next generation M3/4.
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09-08-2012, 02:18 PM | #29 |
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MT will remain for M3 not M5 or M6
http://www.insideline.com/bmw/m5/bmw...r-next-m5.html I love that Biermann states "The M3 needs to have a stick shift. It will always have a stick shift," Now that is a real enthusiast |
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09-08-2012, 02:34 PM | #30 | |
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Apparently the DCT in non-M models is programmed to behave more like a standard automatic rather than being programmed to be closer to a manual like in the M3. |
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09-08-2012, 09:16 PM | #31 |
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Stories of no manual have picked up steam recently but conflict with statements made by M Division earlier this year that there would be a 6MT offered like there is for the F10 M5. Minor point, it will be a 2014 not a 2013.
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More like released in early 2014...
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09-24-2012, 07:39 AM | #35 |
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like others have stated there will be a MT option at launch. How long that will last I am not sure but I would think and hope through the cycle of the series. If not that would most def be a bummer seeing that I personally am a rower of the gears.
Also release date is shooting for sometime in 2014
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M3/M4 is a completely different segment than M5/M6. Plus why wouldn't it last through the entire cycle? It's not like they'll drop MT during FL.
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Scroll through the F80 M3 spy photos compilation and you'll see manual transmission in one of the earlier sightings. That should give you an answer
Spy photos @ http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=602770
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09-24-2012, 01:50 PM | #42 |
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A manual transmission will still be offered for the upcoming M3/M4.
The M-DCT which will come from the M5 will be reconfigured to suit the more sporting M3 so expect quicker shifts. The next generation of the M5/M6 especially when they resort to the same genetic mix of CFRP and aluminium for the next 7er which will filter down the ranges and the of course next 5er and 6er which will be entirely beneficial for the M models will not be offered with manual transmission. The M3/M4 sister car X4M will not be offered with a manual transmission as they do not sell in SAV's. Neither will the next generation X5M and X6M.
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