Phase BMW the manual gearbox is slowly? [updated]

Posted on 09-01-2014 at 11:00 am by sir_smokalot – 72 Comments”

The switch from atmospheric to drukgevuld is BMW fully completed now, try again, another new BMW without the turbo. Is the next project to be banished from the manual transmission?

BMW, just know that the 8-speed automatic in the first quarter of 2014** part of the standard equipment. From 2014, to deliver the Germans by default, an automatic transmission on almost all models*. This fall the 116/118/120d, the BMW 220d Coupé and the BMW 320d EDE Sedan in 2014 at the twenty percent bijtellingscategorie, which, of course, never be negative overall for the selling.

BMW can now also flirt with an advantage that may be up to 3.869 euro. In reality these extra costs nicely offset by a lower BPM (the 8-speed automatic punch on paper less than a manual gearbox), and everything from a vending machine to provide can likely be bakleverancier ZF also know what the purchase price will be made. We’re talking about around 1.5 million copies per year.

Who necessarily want to stir, Zuckerberg-style, the manual gearbox by the way just checking. Me personally seems to me there’s nothing wrong with this development, I would anyway always lovely smooth automatic transmission check on a new Bimmer. In daily use, is an ideal partner.

On the performancemodellen is a struggles between AT and MT on the corridor. BMW, however, provides also on the new M3 and M4 just a manual gearbox.

Update: when asked BMW the Netherlands, know that 65 % of the nieuwverkochte BMW’s 8-speed automatic (latest figures available).

*With the exception of the BMW 114i, 116d EDE, 118d xDrive, 120d xDrive, 318d xDrive and X1 sDrive20d EDE
**The italicized information was incorrectly in the original message is not listed, and is added later.