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06-19-2023, 12:17 PM | #23 | |
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Civic Type R does come with adaptive cruise and lane keeping as standard equipment, yet has never been available with an automatic. BMW could easily do the same, they just choose not to. My manual G80 has parking and back-up assistants. Obviously something like Hyundai/Kia's Smart Park (where the car can be "driven" using the keyfob) can't be done with a manual, but that's one of the rare exceptions where it actually isn't possible. |
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06-19-2023, 02:51 PM | #24 | |
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BMW isn't a niche supplier, will be looking to the future, following and satisfying their key markets. |
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06-19-2023, 04:45 PM | #25 |
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All 5 BMWs I've owned, still have 3 of them, have been MT. When BMW stopped offering the non-M 3-series in the US with a manual I stopped buying BMW.
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06-20-2023, 10:53 AM | #27 | |
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But Active Cruise is useful for any kind of long-distance driving. And the S58's combination of torque and gearing would make that basically indistinguishable from an AT car--just leave it in 6th and let the car handle adjusting your speed up/down. They wouldn't have to engineer a new system. Just install the one they already have, charge the same price for it, and disable stop/go. Total development cost $0. |
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06-20-2023, 11:25 PM | #28 |
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BMW is ending its ICE era horribly. Controversial and awful designs all over the place, no offering manuals on regular non-M cars, not offering a lot of features that could be provided in manuals telling that its only for autos, heck even killing DCT... it's just sad and disgusts me a lot. Apart from regulations, I know that a lot of it is due to their pure negligence. F
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