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Originally Posted by dgm3
When I bought my manual M2C my dealer told that the manual take rate for M2C is below 10% (Belgium/Luxembourg market). For M3/M4 it is around 5 % . On some other markets like France, England it is even lower explaining why the new G80/G82 is only available as competition model.
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Extremely ironic considering how much Americans romanticize rowing gears in European cars (specifically German engineered) down their legendary roads.
Meanwhile Europeans are like
Lamborhini and Ferrari haven't offered a manual car in nearly a decade. The "I hate this BMW, I'm going to get a P car" crowd's dream car, the 911 Turbo hasn't been offered in manual form for nearly a decade.
Time to let it go.