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Originally Posted by bdardashti
Sorry, but as per many people with inside knowledge and the same people that have been correct every time the rest of us couldn't believe them, this car will just have a Sport Auto (standard) and DCT (optional).
You say the ZHP had one, thus this will too, but that was a different car with about 150 lb-ft less torque. The manual transmission that BMW is using cannot handle the torque. This car hits 369 lb-ft with overboost, and the tranny simply cannot handle it. True, everyone with JB3 and other mods with over 400 torque are doing fine, but BMW doesn't want to warranty thousands of transmissions.
But I agree with you on the majority of the market probably preferring a manual.
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And as mentioned before, they need to reserve something to lure buyers to the M3. If this is had a 6MT and an LSD, M3 sales would get beat up. The E46 ZHP had no where near the power of the E46 M3, so cannibalizing sales was not as big of a concern. Would you rather have this is version, or a 328is with a 6MT? The 335 is too dangerously close to the M3 in the power department.