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Originally Posted by akkando
I think it's a decision purely driven by money, meaning they don't want to do the development work for a DCT when they've already done it for AWD on ZF8. Cutting out the dct simplifies their supply chain and development. Won't hurt the reviews because reviewers just shit on the auto no matter what and pine over the MT. They'll lose some customers for the zf8 auto (me) but gain some for having AWD soon.
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Someone on here somewhere suggested it was done to accommodate the upcoming Xdrive cars. I have no idea, really, if that makes sense or not.
For sure, costs were considered because they're not going to ignore the costs associated with their transmission.