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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

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.) ...

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Head of BMW M, Frank van Meel, said the manual transmission may not be around for much longer. Bad news for BMW M fans: The manual transmission may not be around for much longer. Even though roughly ...