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Originally Posted by squelchy451
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Originally Posted by Red Bread
I left BMW because of the lack of a manual in the F31, went to a GTI and can't say I've missed BMW since. Manuals are fun and it's stupid of BMW to move away from them except for the M cars. Oops, really just M Car. Or M Car and a half, M2 and M3 Pure.
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It's not stupid of BMW to move away from manuals.
Not enough people are buying them and the clever bean counters decided that it's more profitable to have just an auto-only lineup for the non-M models.
Such a shame BMW caters so much to the crossover crowd but won't give a manual in one of their most iconic cars still produced today. |
I get it, but they have also jeopardized their loyal fans that bought their cars because of good handling, reasonable weight and nice steering feel. Short term sales grabs don't always pay off.