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      04-24-2012, 01:39 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by JC919 View Post
The car was designed around the DCT, with the 6MT as an after thought to satisfy the American market. After a ton of research into the decision (and trust me, there are few more hardcore 6MT guys out there), I am going with the DCT as I fear spec'ing otherwise will compromise the car.
Personally, I believe BMW put in the DCT as they were fearful that in the hands of amateurs and inexperienced manual shift users, a mismatched shifting may destroy the transmission as the car has so much power. Although there is usually some synching done in all manual transmissions, there is always that possibility. Anyway, I do believe BMW has worked it out with the new M5 that manual transmission would work just right. In fact that's what BMW M President Dr. Nitschke has said as a reply when asked about manual transmission for the U.S. market.
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