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Originally Posted by sq86
I'm in the same camp as you regarding manual transmissions.
That being said there is most definitely a difference between the DCT and the ZF. Saying it's negligible is like saying the suspension between a 340i and M3 are mostly the same. Not even close.
As for the E36 M3, that was a different era and they offered a transmission that people would want possibly, however, in today's day and age with the tech available (read DCT) why wouldn't they put the more aggressive, performance oriented variant in the car?
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I want to further point out that US E36 M3 wasn’t really M3.
The real M3 got 5 speed or 6 speed MT and 6 speed sequential manual SMG1 (first from BMW), DTM homologation spec engine(3.0: 286-295hp, 3.2: 321hp). US E36 M3 basically was a 330i.