BMW SMG Gearbox

So have torque convertor autos - several of them. Your point is?

Well you tell me what automatic means. You do know that auto is short for automatic, I take it? Perhaps not though.

I love driving true manual box cars where you need skill to change gear either fast or smoothly, and to know from the sound of the engine etc when a gear change is called for. And part of that enjoyment includes clutch control.

I also appreciate a well designed smooth changing auto.

That's why I don't like SMG transmissions. They nanny the driver and most seem to think flicking a lever is changing gear. They're wrong...

...so are biased

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It may share many characteristics of a manual. However, it cannot be called a manual, because it is not manual. Sorry.

It's not easy to duplicate the accelerometer in your butt, for example. Much less your brain.