ToyoBMW
Well-Known Member
The only way to get a manual is if BMW is on board to put one in the z4. If BMW decides against the z4 getting a manual for the v6, then Toyota won't get one. All the parts are in Europe in the BMW parts bin, nothing is Toyota. There is no way BMW will share a manual transmission from their parts bin, just for Toyota to use......and allow Toyota to take all the sales from their Z4Iāve only owned manuals for over twenty years now and Iāve had to drive them in some of the worst rush hour traffic.
I still prefer manual transmissions over automatics on the street. Traffic sucks no matter what kind of vehicle or transmission you use.
Having a manual in a low powered car is definitely prerequisite. Having a manual in a decently powerful and torquey sports car or muscle car driven around town, in traffic or on the highway is even further amplified interactive fun.
To each their own. As good as any automatic-only car may be, if a manual version of another very good car is available Iām going to go for that other car simply because I enjoy shifting gears myself.
Hopefully with all the cost savings and parts bin sharing and existing parts reworking on the A90 so far to keep the overall vehicle and packages affordable Toyota will find a good solution for a 3.0L manual.
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