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Americans Give A Shift: Half Of BMW M2s Are Manuals
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Half of all BMW M2 vehicles sold in the United States are configured with a manual transmission. This demonstrates a surprisingly high demand for traditional gearboxes among American buyers of the compact performance car.
WHY IT MATTERS
It highlights the unexpected resilience of manual transmissions in high-performance vehicles within the U.S. market, defying the industry-wide shift toward automatic and dual-clutch systems.
BMW's smallest M car with a third pedal has a 50 percent take rate in the United States.
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