BMW Says They Will Keep Building Manual Transmission Cars Until Autonomus Driving Takes Over

The list of new vehicles available with a manual transmission grows shorter each year, and for the vast majority of the driving populace, that’s just fine. But driving enthusiasts bemoan each model lost to the advancing wave of computer-controlled everything, closely keeping tabs on which vehicles can still be had with a three-pedal setup. A few might even buy one.

Even sporting European brands are not immune. In BMW’s stable, the 5 Series jettisoned its last 5 and 6 Series sticks (by then relegated to M models) in 2016. Other models went two pedal-only in recent years, including the 228i, 328i, and 428i. But BMW says there’s still a flame that keeps the transmission option alive in certain models, and it’ll keep building them until buyers give up, or our robot overlords take over.
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MDarringer - 7/31/2018 9:55:08 AM

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Well bless their hearts!

TomM - 7/31/2018 2:11:17 PM

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Nonsense - eventually having manual transmissions in mass produced vehicles will simply NOT BE JUSTIFIABLE based on sales - which are less and less each year. At some point - you can expect that manuals will only be offered by ANYONE - on limited production vehicles -and while that is a way BMW can fulfill this claim - in reality - they will not be available to the masses.

zlives - 7/31/2018 4:53:40 PM

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as long as manual is the cheaper option and autonomous is not forced down the throat by Big Govt. there will be a place for stick.

MDarringer - 8/1/2018 8:57:19 AM

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Socialists hate people, freedom, individuality, and identity. At their core socialists hate.

countguy - 7/31/2018 4:58:34 PM

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good for them, will still take a PDK type transmission over it all day long.