With the F10 M5/M6 already known to be getting a manual transmission option, it would have been strange and shocking indeed for them to leave it off for the M3.
If M does decide to abandon manual transmissions wholesale (and I'm not saying I think they should or will), then almost for sure it will start with the introduction of a new (future) M5 and trickle down to the M3/M4 and M2 later on - not the other way around.
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