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Originally Posted by ///M4ster Yoda
Just as the low take rate of European Delivery killed it. BMW hampered ED and customers stopped doing it.
BMW is now hampering the manual in this generation by putting it in the "lesser" model. Just because a few diehards are "lining up" for the initial vehicle drop doesn't mean the take rates will be high throughout the lifecycle. It won't.
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It's not a lesser model, it's a less powerful model. The suspension is the same, the exhaust is the same, etc. etc. etc. etc.
I'm willing to bet that since this is almost certainly the last gen with a manual (and maybe even the last gen thats an ICE or a non-hybrid variant) that the US take rate will increase. I am willing to be you $1 and since we both live on Long Island, you don't have to worry about collecting.