BMW M5 driven
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Other than the poor-sounding V8 engine and many kilogrammes of excess weight, there's not a
great deal wrong with the new M5. So there really wasn't much of a case to mess with it. But that didn't stop the US market moaning about the lack of a manual gearbox.
great deal wrong with the new M5. So there really wasn't much of a case to mess with it. But that didn't stop the US market moaning about the lack of a manual gearbox.
So, to quell the rising volume of requests, BMW has started to offer a no-cost manual option in the US only. And, on first impressions, that was a mistake. The rubbery-actioned manual is worse than the twin-clutched car in a number of ways: it's slower, it's less precise, and in a car as flooded in hi-tech gadgetry as this, it initially feels odd to have to stir your own gears. Like using a pitchfork at a gunfight.
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