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Originally Posted by Poochie
Sorry, they lost me the second I saw the automatic shifter, on the Supra..
It's really tragic they are so reluctant to mate it with a proper manual gearbox.
If they are trying to save a buck, they can simple use the one from M240i and just beef up the clutch and flywheel, since it shares an early iteration of the B58..  :
Until the new Supra finally comes with a clutch, there is no competition; the M2C wins, IMHO..
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I think it's the financial that doesn't make sense there. They have to modify the production line to add a manual option, which kinda defeated the purpose of joint development vehicle (to save $$$). Also there gotta be data from BMW that how many manual vs auto they sold on M cars, which I believe would be substantially in favor of auto.