Excellent analysis Bforbes,
I only disagree with the DCT-issue:
1: Development costs for the 1M DCT will be next to nothing as it was already coupled with the N54 and N55, contrary to the M3, where there was some development work involved to mate the DCT to the V8;
2: Scotts recent comment on (overwhelming) consumer preference of auto/DCT vs manual.
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