BMW sends off the 6th-gen M3 CS with a manual gearbox, rear-wheel drive
摘要
宝马为第六代M3 CS推出特别版车型，配备六速手动变速箱和后轮驱动，旨在提升驾驶参与感。在汽车行业普遍向更大、更重、触控化发展的背景下，手动变速箱选择日益减少。宝马M部门在G80 M3标准版上保留了六速手动，但高性能版M3 Competition和M3 CS此前仅提供八速自动变速箱。这款2027年M3 CS Handschalter专为北美市场设计，强调最大
The march of time, and what counts for progress in the automotive industry, has not been particularly kind to the driving enthusiast. Our vehicles have gotten bigger and heavier. Touch-sensitive panels and screens replaced buttons. Steering feel evaporated about a decade ago. And if you're a fan of changing your own gears with a stick shift and three pedals, things have been looking bleak for a while now. Which makes BMW's send off for its current sixth-generation M3 so notable.
BMW's M division kept the six-speed manual alive for the G80 M3, but only the normal version. If you wanted the more powerful, much torquier M3 Competition or the track-focused M3 CS (Competiton Sport) the only transmission choice was an eight-speed automatic. That automatic happens to be the excellent ZF 8HP gearbox, and for being fast on track, I'd still choose it, because that makes left-foot braking easier.
Using paddle shifts might be faster, but I won't pretend it's more engaging than co-ordinating the movement of a gearstick through its gate, timed properly to the action of the clutch—especially if you're heel-and-toeing, but even if you use the auto-blip feature that revs the engines for you on downshifts now. BMW appears to recognize that too, because it says the 2027 M3 CS Handschalter is designed for maximum driver engagement, and just for North America.
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