It’s no secret: Manual-transmission vehicles are a dying breed. The three-pedal, shift-it-yourself gearbox is out there on only a small handful of recent autos, and whereas there was some current excellent news with regards to market share, it is solely a matter of time earlier than the stick shift is gone ceaselessly. BMW’s M division is among the few manufacturers that also presents a guide possibility, nevertheless it warns the selection will disappear quickly.

In an interview with Italian-language journal Quattroruote, BMW board member Frank Weber confirmed M’s stick shift days are numbered.

“They are fun products, but let’s be honest, the volumes are getting smaller and smaller,” Weber instructed Quattroruote. “And so it doesn’t make sense to develop them anymore. If you want a manual M, you need to buy it now.”

BMW has mentioned prior to now buyer choice has pushed the corporate to proceed to supply guide transmissions, constructing a robust area of interest as rivals flip their backs on purists. In America, M presently presents the M2, M3, and M4 with an non-obligatory six-speed guide gearbox. In locations just like the United Kingdom, solely the M2 is obtainable with an obtainable stick attributable to a scarcity of demand for 3 pedals within the larger vehicles, in keeping with BMW. 

“We have customers who travel 25,000-30,000 kilometers (roughly 15,500-18,600 miles) a year and don’t want to stand in traffic changing gear,” Weber added.