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Originally Posted by Poochie
If BMW felt there was that much of a discernible difference between the two transmissions, they wouldn't of replace the DCT with a ZF8, they obviously didn't..
The opposite of a manual transmission is the whatever automated option they offer.
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You might be giving BMW too much credit.
In my humble opinion, it's cheaper and easier to deploy a single (auto) transmission across the entire brand.
Could they put a revised or new DCT in the M cars? Of course...but it appears they don't want to spend the R&D to make that a reality.