1 Series
The fact that BMW is still selling the M2, M3, and M4 with a manual gearbox has overshadowed the existence of regular models with a clutch pedal. No, we’re not just talking about the Z4…
Adrian Padeanu / January 18, 2024
MINI
Driving a car with a manual gearbox may be a dying art but the BMW Group is doing its best to keep the clutch pedal alive. We’re not just talking about the M division with…
Adrian Padeanu / February 10, 2023
MINI
Following a hiatus, the manual gearbox is once again available on certain MINI models in the United States. Due to popular demand, the clutch pedal can now be had on the Hardtop 2 Door model…
Adrian Padeanu / November 4, 2022
BMW M2
Say what you will about some of BMW’s latest decisions, but it still gets some things right. One of them is the M division’s stubbornness to keep the manual gearbox alive in a digital era….
Adrian Padeanu / June 24, 2022
MINI
MINI Pauses Production Of Vehicles With Manual Transmission
by Adrian Padeanu
/ Date: May 2, 2022
How-To
Whenever one thinks of Launch Control, a connection to an automatic gearbox is instantly made. That’s because Launch Control has been traditionally a feature of automatic gearboxes over the years. However, in recent years, we’ve…
Gabriel Nica / July 6, 2021
BMW M4
We’re in a very small minority among BMW enthusiasts in that we aren’t all doom and gloom about the upcoming BMW M4 and its grille design. Is it going to be polarizing? Sure. Is it…
Nico DeMattia / April 14, 2020
MINI
If you’ve been shopping for a MINI in the last year you might’ve noticed that the manual option was not available for quite a long time. The British brand decided to do a refresh of…
Gabriel Nica / April 9, 2020
4 Series
The BMW G20 3 Series has been around for almost a year now and the new model has been well received. The G22 4 Series is bound to show up in 2020 and there’s already…
Gabriel Nica / August 9, 2019
MINI
Manual gearboxes are definitely not the best-sellers they used to be some time ago. The evolution of automatic transmissions, making them the more efficient, faster, sharper choice meant changing gears yourself would inevitably become obsolete….
Gabriel Nica / May 23, 2019
BMW M3
A while back, we broke some news from one of our sources inside BMW that claimed the next-generation of BMW M3 (G80) will have two flavors: rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive. The former will come…
Nico DeMattia / January 18, 2019