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      05-04-2017, 02:15 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by SFT33 View Post
Scott26 - please tell me the M5 is not going to have an 8 speed automatic trans...
They're dropping the DCT (and obviously manual) in favor of the 8 speed torque converters. BMW just announced that they're going to stop using DCT for high hp applications because they don't handle the extra power well enough from a long term reliability perspective.
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