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Originally Posted by German1967
This is not at all about defending "BMW knows best". It is a reality though that Roadster (especially 6-cylinder combustion engine) are a dying breed and will soon go the way of the Dodo (SLC and TT are already gone).
The Z4 would not even exist without the Toyota collaboration. For BMW it makes no economic sense to go through the U.S. certification process for to sell 500+ cars more.
M3/M4 are BMW's sports car icon. Hence, here it continues to make sense to at least offer one model with MT for the halo effect.
Done & out.
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Once again, your premise is flawed. How do you know BMW would only sell 500 Z4s with 6MT in North America? You have no concrete evidence to back up your claim. The popularity of the 6MT on the current Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster 718 refutes your assertion that it "will soon go the way of the dodo."