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Originally Posted by CanAutM3
Actually it is not. On initial release, for some reason, BMW advertised a significant penalty of 40kg weight for the DCT. It was one of my big gripes with the F8X on initial release. This was later revised to 20kg, which is consistent with what they are showing on the M2 and what was advertised for the E9X. So the ZF8 has 5kg greater weight penalty than the DCT over the 6MT.
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This isn't from advertising, it's the DIN weight difference for DCT vs 6MT.
Which can definitely be wrong of course, but it's a legal measure in Europe.