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      12-02-2017, 03:43 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by bavarianride View Post
The BMW turbo engines have flat power band that requires turbo spooling between shifts, and 8AT is more efficient and effective than 6MT in working with this gen of BMW engines.

And these engines with flat power bands just do not have the same feel of the surging power bands of previous NA gens, so even with 6MT the driving experience is very different from the old school NA engines.
MT just isn't so fun on the N26 engine as the power drop off is steep after 4500 rpm so you're always upshifting for maximum torque. AT does the shifting for you and with 8 gears, it has an advantage. I really miss NA engines
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