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| Originally Posted by bleh we probably wont be getting the 7 speed because we around aloud to go over 70mph in this country  ops:  and in a lot of states we arent aloud over 65  |
In NL the topspeed on the highway is 120km/h (or 75mph), but the 7 speed SMG III is still standard over here.
I'm not so sure about the 6 speed manual thingy for the US, up untill now I thought it was a rumour and not a comfirmed fact. The thing is that EU has always been the manual market while the US tend to lean towards auto's. I don't if this is also true for high performance cars but given the fact that most M5 buyers don't even care about racing but just want to spend the money I'm pretty sure that they'll want the 7 speed auto over the 6 speed manual, it has 1 gear more and is auto...
Now given that the EU is a manual market and the EU is also the home of BMW it would make more sense for then to release a 6 speed manual in the EU rather then the US.
The reason that the US buyers have been begging BMW for a 6 speed manual is nonsense in my eyes. I'm sure EU buyers would opt for a 6 speed manual if given the option and we want that option as badly as the US buyers.
The 7 speed SMG isn't as bad as it seems or atleast so I hear. Yes in the higer programmes it does shift very hard but c'mon it's a frikkin 507bhp race saloon. What did you expect? Fast cars and comfort do not mix! If you want a fast car and not spill your coffee in hard turns buy a Merc and stop yapping about the shifting in the M5. The E60 M5 does have a good compromise between both. In the lower programmes (which Isn't being mentioned in the press at all) the shifting is very smooth, smooth for a race salloon that is.