I haven't placed an order or anything but plan to purchase late next year or early '22.
I am truly torn, I have only ever owned MT cars, and I love my current 6MT xdrive.
I'm waiting for some professional driving reviews to come out for the 6MT RWD and 8AT AWD variants to make my final decision since it's not looking likely that BMW will release the G series AWD with the manual.
Vancouver doesn't get much snow so I could go either way but I love the traction I have in my current car from a dig (re: stoplight)
