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Originally Posted by PrinceBarin
Sadly I am one of them! 
It's frustrating because so little information was available in the UK when I ordered and I mistakenly thought that the only difference was the paddle shifters. Having barely used them on my Audi I figured it was a waste of money.
Plus, assuming the sports auto is faster (and BMW are suitably vague on whether or not it really is), I cannot understand why given that the hardware is identical. That would require then to intentionally slow the shifts & shift pattern. I would have hoped that in Sport mode the shifts would be identical for both gearboxes.
If not, I would be interested in the possibility of installing the sports auto software, certainly more than I would care about the shift leaver design. |
BMW have been very specific from the first media releases that it is a different set of shift patterns.
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A sports version of the new eight-speed automatic transmission is available as a further option for the new BMW 3 Series Sedan. This unit offers even sportier shift characteristics, and the option of changing gear manually using the paddle shifts on the steering wheel.
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An eight-speed sports automatic transmission with faster shift times and sporty steering wheel-mounted paddle shifts is also available as an option.
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HighlandPete