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      03-23-2007, 03:27 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by T Bone View Post
It is not about how the tranny shifts but about 6 gears versus 7 gears. The new M3 engine isn't spitting out gobs of torque so to extract max benefit, you need more gears and take advantage of the revs.....

If M3 came out with a manual 7 speed, this would be good.....but alot of rowing.
7-Speed Manual is definitely possible, but is any car manufacturer ever going to produce something like that? I believe 6 gears is the optimal number of gears in a manual transmission.
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