I guess I don't see how BMW could think that going from a manual only car (the previous M5) to no manual at all in the new M5 was the right thing to do, no matter what their "research" told them. Part of BMW's charm is a precise manual gearbox so cancelling it for the new M5 was a huge mistake IMO. A rare mistake by BMW's M division. They should have just developed and offered both from the very beginning of M5 development, like on other M cars.
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