E60 M5 News

[StanAE86]

Not that I could afford one...but...

> Car And Driver May 2005
>
> Manual M5: When we drove the M5 last year, BMW
> insisted its sequential-manual seven-speed would be
> the only transmission offered in the 500-hp '06 M5.
> But in 2007 we will get a six-speed manual complete
> with clutch pedal for enthusiasts who like to row
> their own. The new tranny comes primarily as a
> result of pressure from U.S. loyalists and BMW's
> North American sales arm that forced the
> Munich-based carmaker to offer a traditional
> six-speed manual. The U.S. will be the only market
> to receive the three-pedal M5 because, as BMW puts
> it, the rest of the world, where Formula 1 is king,
> views the sequential manual as the most sporting and
> advanced option. In our Nextel Cup-loving land, we
> still prefer the simplicity of human involvement in
> our fast cars.