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      06-02-2016, 05:20 PM   #73
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I love the new LCI look! I've always had a soft spot for the 3 series Giant Trunk. I'd rather BMW use those resources to give me a manual f31 340i rwd instead though.
Here in the UK (with our background of a high percentage of MT sales) we don't get an option for an MT RWD 340i touring, only AT is available. Clearly there is no real demand, and/or trimming emissions dictates the way forward.

Then we are used to the bigger diesel engines being AT only, for saloons, coupes and tourings. MT is being dropped from more models as we move forward.
it is a sad trend but for diesel I totally understand the automatic, I've got an x5 35d that I adore.
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