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      11-30-2019, 09:43 AM   #196
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It's likely that Mercedes will eventually kill their DCT offerings as well. If their DCT is outshined by BMW's automatic, will the fact that they offer DCT really matters that much?!?!
The cold fact is that it just doesn't.

BMW had perfect transmission called M-DCT and if they are phasing out on the purest M variants just for cost cutting, there is no future for this company. At least not for M division.
Maybe no future in the eyes of us enthusiasts. However, for every one of us they lose they will—most likely— gain even more non-auto enthusiasts. BMW is going for a more broadly appealing car that uses shared tech. They get the benefit of lower costs and attracting buyers who may not like the behavior of the M-DCT.

I would like to say I will leave BMW when the G80 comes out with no DCT but the truth is, where would I go? It's either going to be phased out by competitors (Mercedes) or already has been (Audi & Alfa).
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