06-13-2011, 09:47 PM | #23 |
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well put. i agree 100%
F1/SMG/DSG is fine for old people, awful drivers, and hardcore track nuts who only care about lap times. Give a real manual and let the driver's make the difference!
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06-13-2011, 09:54 PM | #24 |
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Good to see BMW hasn't gone soft like other car makers!!!!
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06-13-2011, 10:06 PM | #25 |
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how dare you call an M5 a luxury car.....
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Excellent news!! Personally I don't really care if I can shave off a few tenths of a second on my 0-60 time with the new super fast automatics, I'd rather be able to shift gears myself.
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06-13-2011, 11:55 PM | #30 |
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It's nice to have 6MT as an option...however I did not enjoy my E60 M5's 6MT. Car was just too big and bulky to enjoy unlike a smaller peppier 1 or 3 series (as someone mentioned earlier)
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06-14-2011, 12:22 AM | #31 |
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The car has been engineered with the M-DCT being the priority transmission.
The M5 is at it's most optimum with the M-DCT.
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However, with the E46 M3 the 6MT split was 50/50(SMGII vs 6MT) and it looks like it will be at least 40% MT on the E9x M3's. So there is still plenty of BMW enthusiasts that are serious about keeping the MT alive.
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also, it looks shit with a manual stick, not very cool ?????? |
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06-14-2011, 04:47 AM | #37 |
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You know, there's nothing quite like manhandling a big car with a stick shift. My left knee still hurts though lol so I think this would not be for me either.
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06-14-2011, 05:10 AM | #38 |
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what I mean when i say that the ///M5 is not a luxury car is that before they started selling the e36 in a sedan form, the ///m3 has always been to me a sports coupe; and should always be a coupe. Now i'm not bagging on e90 M3's I love them and of course they are much more practical, but I would prefer the coupe if I could afford one. the M5 in my eyes is the original M sports sedan and I'd like to leave the luxury to the 7 series.
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Big kudos to the M boys for remaining one of the few European marks who retain a conventional manual transmission on high performance cars, hopefully it is not US only this time though
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This a very good thing.
Well done to BMW for bringing this back - hopefully its for all markets in the world rather than a rush-E60 job for the USA. Guess they weren't kidding when they were trying to get this closer to the E39 M5 rather than the E60 ay? |
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06-14-2011, 06:56 AM | #42 |
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If I had the scratch to buy this car, I sure as hell wouldn't get a 6MT with it. Sorry, but I agree with others...keep the 6MT for the smaller cars. When was the last time you saw a Fezza with a 6MT? And when was the last time you heard a Journo complain that the car would be better off with one?
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Maybe this sounds crazy but as another mentioned what if it is a 7speed manual. I heard that porsche was going to implement this, maybe BMW will too and that's why the shifter is in camo???
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06-14-2011, 07:38 AM | #44 |
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+1, but with this and the 1M having MT I believe in BMW M more than in the recent past.
Love live the Kings (BMW and MT).
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