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Surprising absolutely nobody, the CEO of BMW's M division says that the business model for manual transmissions is getting worse. Speaking to the Australian website Carsales.com, Frank van Meel said ...

BMW M will roll out 30 new models in the coming years, and the good news is that the company is engines and manuals will remain available. It’s amazing to think that BMW M started with, quite ...

Decline of manual transmissions in premium cars is due to cost, torque, and demand factors. “The manual doesn’t really make sense,” says BMW M boss Frank van Meel. Manual gearboxes may persist briefly ...

Last year, BMW announced a major product blitz that will see the company introduce over 40 new or updated vehicles by 2027. Unsurprisingly, BMW M is working on a major offensive of their own. Speaking ...

Despite strong consumer demand and high take rates, BMW’s M head says it’ll be hard to keep the stick shift alive. BMW M head Frank Van Meel says that it'll be "difficult" to keep manual transmissions ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...

If you want a manual sports car, your options are vanishing fast. Credit to BMW for fighting the good fight, allowing the privilege of rowing your own in the M2, M3, and M4. (Rest in peace, Z4.) ...

BMW’s M Division CEO Frank Van Meel recently opened up to Australian media regarding future M models, and the news is mostly good ... with one major caveat. According to a report by Carsales Australia ...

BMW’s American buyers can still get a manual transmission with the marque’s Z4, M2, M3, and M4—or a convertible and three performance cars. The Z4 is on its way out, though, and stick shifts on the ...