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Originally Posted by mkoesel
He's in here in the US where, in recent years, BMW NA has made automatic and DCT transmissions standard equipment and manual transmissions a no cost option (when they are available at all). Along with series vehicles like the 3, 4, 5, and 6, the M5 and M6 are also offered this way. So I would say that there is actually a very good chance the M3 and M4 will follow suit.
The net result, by the way, can be assumed to be a higher base price than what may otherwise have been, not a free DCT.
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Other "required" additions to the F8x vis-a-vis E9x:
1. 19-inch wheels (but probably cast, not forged like 220Ms)
2. IDrive
3. Starting in 2014, rear-view camera