BMW, one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, is one of those who often state that manual transmission will not be in the future. BMW board member Frank Weber said today, “Manual M series vehicles are great fun, but to be honest, their volumes are getting smaller and smaller. That’s why it doesn’t make much sense to develop Ms with manual transmission anymore. “If you want to own a manual M, you should buy it without delay.” He made a splash with his statement. BMW had said in the past months that they had put an end to the “DCT” adventure in the “M” series. The company sells many exciting vehicles under the “M” series, that is, the high-performance car series. The company does not use a DCT (Dual Clutch) transmission in any of these vehicles, and as it was clearly stated recently, it does not plan to use it in the future. “There is no such thing as dual clutch in BMW’s M series anymore,” Dirk Hacker, BMW M’s development manager, told Top Gear. Now it is manual or automatic, in the future it will be automatic electric.” He made a remarkable statement such as: Dirk Hacker explains that the new automatic transmissions are from DCT at high speeds. […]
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