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      08-09-2017, 12:39 PM   #195
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That's the BMW version though, note the soft top?
Ya but don't you find it strange if MT is only offered by BMW and not under Toyota? It does not even make sense financially.

Someone over the other board mentions (don't remember if it was BMW or Yota) hired a team of engineers to work on the MT specifically. This shows they still care about the feel of how MT shifts, feels, and maximizes its cost and performance ratio.

This car does not make sense at all if it is auto with under 350 hp only.
If Toyota uses their own engines, it makes perfect sense that they could go all auto.

As a person who has never owned an automatic or a dual clutch, I still admit that auto boxes are now faster and more efficient than any manual.

And a team of engineers to make the manual feel good better not be from BMW, a company who has yet to make a truly good feeling manual. Hopefully they poached some folks from Honda, Porsche or Mazda.
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