BMW's Fastest Cars Won't Use A Manual Transmission For Much Longer
For so many car enthusiasts, driving a car with a manual transmission is a distillation of their passions for all things automotive. Remove the human element, and the facts are pretty simple: stick shifts are slower, less economical, and more difficult to use than automatic transmissions. Moreover, they're hard to justify in today's automotive climate for a litany of reasons, as BMW M's CEO, Frank van Meel, points out. According to van Meel, there simply won't be a way to justify them soon. van Meel: Another manual will be "quite difficult" BMW Speaking to CarSales , van Meel told the outlet that at least from an engineering standpoint, the stick shift just "doesn't really make sense." He assured listeners the brand will try its hardest to keep the manual around for a few more years, but beyond that, things get tough. "From an engineering standpoint, the manual doesn’t really make sense because it limits you in torque and also in fue...
