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Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:00 am

Scubaregs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:01 pm No, but you get a lot more power.

You are famous for not wanting 'power', though, which is why you didn't want an M40i G29. Your words mate!

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:58 am

Scubaregs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:15 pm Tbh, for a few grand more I'd be going for an M2 over a manual Z4.

Bit of a different demographic...
M2.....20-something software designers (or plumbers) with baseball caps
Z4.....60-something retirees with flat caps

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:58 am

Scubaregs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:15 pm Tbh, for a few grand more I'd be going for an M2 over a manual Z4.

Bit of a different demographic...
M2.....20-something software designers (or plumbers) with baseball caps
Z4.....60-something retirees with flat caps

john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:30 am

Nanu wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:36 pm

john-e89 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:32 pm They ain’t been built yet so how do you know…?

I suspect a large and successful operation like BMW may have done some research. I may be wrong but I doubt it

If there’s no demand why bother offering a manual at all then, why invest any money at all in it…? All that sticking to one colour does is limit your audience….id have thought that’s the opposite of what they want no…? I simply don’t get the rationale of let’s put a manual box in but limit colours. Car manufacturers paint in batches of one colour, it makes no difference if the car is auto or manual, a big part of the wait for a new car you order is waiting until they get enough cars ordered to paint a batch in one colour, a car is built from a sheet of rolled steel into the drive away finished vehicle in 24hrs, except waiting for paint, so put a manual box in, get more orders in, paint them more quickly…happy customers…..you’d assume…

Scubaregs wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:03 am I can neither plumb, except the depths of this forum, nor do I wear a flat cap.

sars wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:53 pm Though it is not BMW.GmbH that is preventing you having a SFR manual, just BMW UK