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Apologies ahead of time as I realize this question was most likely already covered but is there anyway on God's green earth they will offer the manual tranny w/ xdrive?
I'm not really hip on why it isn't offered with xdrive on the G80/G82 but I thought it had more to do with the higher output of the S58 in the competition trims, makes no sense to me why they can't couple manual transmissions with AWD.
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No xDrive and most of us prefer it that way. |
Thanks for the response. Guess I'm in the minority as far as being interested in a manual w/ xdrive (sorry if this offends any BMW RWD drive M car purists out there 🤣  . Any technical reason BMW isn't doing it? |
I think the two biggest reasons are price point and weight savings.
They also want to keep the M2 a car for the enthusiast. |
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ID7 would be my preference.
Edit Re iDrive updates. If we look to the past, iDrive gets a fairly large overhaul every 3-4 years and sometimes an LCI is uninvolved.
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Yeah I'm def not looking forward to buttonless HVAC/radio, etc. I think my Mazda CX50 nails a perfect balance between screen/physical controls, and I think BMW even had a good balance. It's good to hear they at least recognize it may have went overboard with screens. We'll see where that takes us. |
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Apologies ahead of time as I realize this question was most likely already covered but is there anyway on God's green earth they will offer the manual tranny w/ xdrive?
I'm not really hip on why it isn't offered with xdrive on the G80/G82 but I thought it had more to do with the higher output of the S58 in the competition trims, makes no sense to me why they can't couple manual transmissions with AWD.
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No xDrive and most of us prefer it that way. |
Thanks for the response. Guess I'm in the minority as far as being interested in a manual w/ xdrive (sorry if this offends any BMW RWD drive M car purists out there 🤣 . Any technical reason BMW isn't doing it? |
I think the two biggest reasons are price point and weight savings.
They also want to keep the M2 a car for the enthusiast. |
Well, I too would not mind having a x-Drive MT M2. My current 18' LCI M2 is the 1st non-AWD car I have had since I bought a 95' Eclipse GSX, but I decided since I was keeping my 11' 335xi MT, I went ahead and got the M2. But I too had inquired about the possibility of an M2 x-Drive. In my inquiries I was told that the MT they use is only rated to about 473 HP. That is why in the M3 & M4, if I remember that discussion I had at the dealership, that the competitions on have AT. Like I said, I am not sure if I remember the the "473 HP" number correctly, but the logic is believable. I have read the G87 M2 Competition will be somewhere between 440 and 455 HP, which is why the MT will be available (hopefully that is true).