{"id":25331,"date":"2022-06-24T07:47:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=25331"},"modified":"2022-06-24T07:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:47:57","slug":"bmw-m-boss-keep-manual-gearbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=25331","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Boss Pledges To Keep The Manual Gearbox Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/24\/bmw-m-boss-keep-manual-gearbox\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 118\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 118\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-118-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 118\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"61.280167890871\">\n<p>Say what you will about some of BMW\u2019s latest decisions, but it still gets some things right. One of them is the M division\u2019s stubbornness to keep the manual gearbox alive in a digital era. While the AMG C63 and Audi RS4 Avant are both sold exclusively with an automatic transmission, you can still buy an M3 (and M4) with a clutch pedal.<\/p>\n<p>Featured here ahead of its official debut in October, the M2 G87 will also have three pedals to play with, and we can say the same thing about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/23\/bmw-m-teases-one-more-special-m-car\/\">modern-day 3.0 CSL<\/a> arriving before the year\u2019s end. Enthusiasts will be happy to hear the 6MT isn\u2019t going anywhere as M boss Frank van Meel pledges to keep the manual alive in the foreseeable future. Speaking with <em>Autocar<\/em> at the Goodwood Festival of Speed where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/23\/bmw-m3-touring-dynamic-debut-goodwood\/\">M3 Touring<\/a> received its public debut, the head honcho explained why this decision has been taken.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-428163\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 110 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 110 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-428163\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 110 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-110.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 110 830x553\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Approximately half of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/03\/bmw-m2-competition-m240i-drag-race\/\">M2 F87<\/a> buyers ordered the car with three pedals, prompting BMW to retain the do-it-yourself gearbox for its imminent successor. Frank van Meel admits the manual makes the car slower and thirstier compared to the automatic, but the strong take rate justifies its existence. He went on to say customers in the United States prefer the manual the most, which makes sense since Porsches with three pedals are also in high demand in North America.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>\u201cPeople want to say they can handle the beast. If they have a way of showing they can do that, then they want it \u2013 and a manual gearbox is part of that. It\u2019s part of the emotional appeal of our cars, and that\u2019s why we love manual gearboxes. \u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As you may recall, BMW through its M division has also pledged to keep the inline-six and V8 engines on sale until at least the end of the decade. However, doing so requires a certain dose of electrification to comply with stricter emissions regulations. Consequently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/08\/2023-bmw-m2-non-hybrid\/\">M2 G87 will be the last non-hybrid M car<\/a> ever.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/consumer\/bmw-m-keep-manual-gearbox-option-keen-drivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autocar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT Say what you will about some of BMW\u2019s latest decisions, but it still gets some things right. One of them is the M division\u2019s stubbornness to keep the manual gearbox alive in a digital era. While the AMG C63 and Audi RS4 Avant are both sold exclusively with an automatic transmission, you can still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":25332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}