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Originally Posted by CanAutM3
What's wrong with DCT for the DD  |
Seriously.
DCT is one of the smoothest transmissions in the world if you drive manually and treat the throttle like a clutch pedal from take off.
M cars historically were made to aspire people to be avid, and eventually racecar drivers.
However, current M CEO instead focuses on nonsense like hybrid powertrain with a torque converter on purest driving machines like M2/3/4s. I would love to get a manual, but majority of markets other than US and EU won't get MT option which means we are stuck with slower shifting null transmission. (which is where these bean counters see profit admittedly)
BMW M is on the same path as Porsche with their early 997s where enthusiasts buried tiptronic 997s that were extemely slow to respond to user inputs.
People need to stop buying this ZF8 atrocity so they realize they screwed up big time.