SMG available on any e60 LCI (apart from M5)?
05-14-2007, 01:26 PM
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Is SMG available on special order to 535i?
I learned that 6sp manuel is not available until September production for the 535i, is there another alternative to the steptronic auto tranny till then?
How about the 550i?
I learned that 6sp manuel is not available until September production for the 535i, is there another alternative to the steptronic auto tranny till then?
How about the 550i?
05-14-2007, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rollee' post='424328' date='May 14 2007, 02:26 PM
Is SMG available on special order to 535i?
I learned that 6sp manuel is not available until September production for the 535i, is there another alternative to the steptronic auto tranny till then?
How about the 550i?
I learned that 6sp manuel is not available until September production for the 535i, is there another alternative to the steptronic auto tranny till then?
How about the 550i?
05-14-2007, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' post='424339' date='May 14 2007, 02:56 PM
There is sports auto with paddles. Not SMG
Basically it is a double clutch auto that delivers equal power through the drivetrain to a manual and loses no power through a torque converter (doesnt have one)-basically like a hydralic automatic clutch would be more accurate. Basically is like a smooth SMG-shifts quicker than the SMG does or most manual people can dream of yet in auto mode is smooth as any bmw auto you will drive.
It is basically like steptronic without the powertrain loss, slow shifts and no torque converter-really a breakthrough> SMG TRIED to replace manual trannys but never did either quite well enough. These new sport autos will definetly replace manual trannys for 95 percent of bmw vehicles in the pretty near future. BMW is always one step ahead of the game in one way or another
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Originally Posted by sleepyca31' post='424424' date='May 14 2007, 09:32 PM
I think it should be known if not already so that the new sports auto tranny is not really an auto in any sense as we know it-It is everything an SMG was and more and everything an auto is but never was.
Basically it is a double clutch auto that delivers equal power through the drivetrain to a manual and loses no power through a torque converter (doesnt have one)-basically like a hydralic automatic clutch would be more accurate. Basically is like a smooth SMG-shifts quicker than the SMG does or most manual people can dream of yet in auto mode is smooth as any bmw auto you will drive.
It is basically like steptronic without the powertrain loss, slow shifts and no torque converter-really a breakthrough> SMG TRIED to replace manual trannys but never did either quite well enough. These new sport autos will definetly replace manual trannys for 95 percent of bmw vehicles in the pretty near future. BMW is always one step ahead of the game in one way or another
Basically it is a double clutch auto that delivers equal power through the drivetrain to a manual and loses no power through a torque converter (doesnt have one)-basically like a hydralic automatic clutch would be more accurate. Basically is like a smooth SMG-shifts quicker than the SMG does or most manual people can dream of yet in auto mode is smooth as any bmw auto you will drive.
It is basically like steptronic without the powertrain loss, slow shifts and no torque converter-really a breakthrough> SMG TRIED to replace manual trannys but never did either quite well enough. These new sport autos will definetly replace manual trannys for 95 percent of bmw vehicles in the pretty near future. BMW is always one step ahead of the game in one way or another
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Originally Posted by sleepyca31' post='424424' date='May 15 2007, 05:32 AM
I think it should be known if not already so that the new sports auto tranny is not really an auto in any sense as we know it-It is everything an SMG was and more and everything an auto is but never was.
Basically it is a double clutch auto that delivers equal power through the drivetrain to a manual and loses no power through a torque converter (doesnt have one)-basically like a hydralic automatic clutch would be more accurate. Basically is like a smooth SMG-shifts quicker than the SMG does or most manual people can dream of yet in auto mode is smooth as any bmw auto you will drive.
It is basically like steptronic without the powertrain loss, slow shifts and no torque converter-really a breakthrough> SMG TRIED to replace manual trannys but never did either quite well enough. These new sport autos will definetly replace manual trannys for 95 percent of bmw vehicles in the pretty near future. BMW is always one step ahead of the game in one way or another
Basically it is a double clutch auto that delivers equal power through the drivetrain to a manual and loses no power through a torque converter (doesnt have one)-basically like a hydralic automatic clutch would be more accurate. Basically is like a smooth SMG-shifts quicker than the SMG does or most manual people can dream of yet in auto mode is smooth as any bmw auto you will drive.
It is basically like steptronic without the powertrain loss, slow shifts and no torque converter-really a breakthrough> SMG TRIED to replace manual trannys but never did either quite well enough. These new sport autos will definetly replace manual trannys for 95 percent of bmw vehicles in the pretty near future. BMW is always one step ahead of the game in one way or another
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