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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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It says that SMG will be the only available transmission :

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae...y.php?id=48169

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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 10:19 AM
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For now SMG will be the one and only transmission.
But they are talking about MAYBE bringing a manual tranny later.
But to be honest, on this beautiful beast you HAVE TO go with SMG...
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 12:43 PM
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Personally, even though the M5 will supposedly drive like a much smaller car than it is, I'm thinking that a manual transmission would be more cumbersome than anything else for a car that size with that much power.

SMG is probably the best way to go; but I'm sure there will be more than a few opponents to this particular line of BMW's marketing if a true manual isn't ever offered....
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