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I can tell you from our figures that 8 out of every 10 M cars we sold were auto. Yes we do get people who want manuals however its very rare outside the forum community.

So from that perspective I would imagine BMW will almost never release a mass production car that would neglect most of their buyers. at the end of the day BMW is out to make money, they will always cater to bottom line over enthusiast thats just the way it is. If it doesn't make dollars it doesn't make cents (sense)