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Originally Posted by drgmt
Cost cutting.
The entire line will have the same automatic gearbox eventually.
Except perhaps if the develop a halo car - out the reach of almost all of us.
As far as stupid goes - have you seen the new grill designs? BMW is capable of being very stupid. If they put a slush box in the M3 it's game over for me and many others.
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Yup, I don't get why so many people can't get this through their heads.
When BMW sees that 99.95% of the time there would be no difference between the expensive, heavy and complex gearbox versus the cheaper, lighter and simpler one, why the hell would they not go with a normal auto? Most people won't notice or give a shit. And before anyone says it Bimmerpost
does not represent most people.
Merc deciding to never go down the DCT route with their AMG models (other than the AMG GT) was smart.