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Originally Posted by M-technik-3
BMW brand was kind of made from the dominance of the 3 manual. But it boils down to what the consumer is paying for these days and trends are away from manual gearbox.
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It does boil down to what the consumer is paying for. Manuals were a no-brainer when automatic transmissions sucked. ATs were inefficient and robbed power. That is no longer the case. I love manuals and I would love to have another manual car. But consumers have been moving to AT because it is simply better for everyone but the enthusiast. That lack of demand has caused manufacturers to reduce the number of models with manual, causing less demand and the spiral continues. At this point, its just a matter of years before MT is no more.