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Originally Posted by mkoesel
That's not happening any time soon if ever. All four-door BMW passenger cars beneath the 3 Series will be built on the UKL (soon to become FAAR) platform. And BMW M appears very reluctant to go above the upcoming M Performance *35i range for its lineup on that platform. If they change course, it would most probably be after the upcoming first generation 2 Series Gran Coupe ends production sometime in the late 2020s. By then, I'd expect most products to be PHEV at least, and the era of manual transmissions in performance sedans will probably be in the past.
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Yeah, thanks for reminding me!
I've given up on BMW. Having been a enthusiast of the brand since 1971, they've left the station for good and don't appear to be coming back. It's amazing how Audi and Merc are eating them alive in the small sedan market, and they don't care. They think it is about price when it is really about size. I sure wish Porsche would build a 2-series sized sedan, RWD of course, and 6MT available.
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Current Stable:
2024 G20 M340i Melbourne Red/Cognac
2019 F87 M2 Competition 6MT, LBB, slicktop, exec pkg
2007 E91 328i Silver, slushbox, Eibach fr/E93 M3 rear sway bars, ARC-8