Photos: 6 speed manual transmission shift knob is lighted

[AGS]

Originally Posted by Jason

Had a chance to get in the US spec F10 M5 last night and managed to grab a photo of the 6MT shifter, which some were wondering was lighted or not.

Was it not lighted on the E60? It was lighted on my E39, but I had the SMG on both my E60s. Would be surprised to hear BMW reverted to an unlit shifter on the E60.

[s4awd]

Originally Posted by visualguy

The M DCT is one of the special things about this car that make it great, so getting the manual is a difficult choice on this car. It almost seems like if you get the manual, you might as well just get the 550i or maybe even the 535i since you're compromising the M5 to some extent with the manual transmission choice.

I've been struggling with this choice myself - really hard to decide.

Manual on the 550i and 535i would be inappropriate. Those are luxury items to get you back and forth with little fuss. Manual in the M5 is all about controlling a 560hp twin turbo V8 while being wrapped in leather

[nybimmerfan]

Just curious on the M5 MT6, how does the engine on/off system work? When does it kick in? Would it be the same as in the DCT when the car is completely stopped or when the shift is put in Neutral?