BMW to drop manual transmission option on the M5 and M6 sports cars.

As per Car and Driver, the M5 will lose its manual transmission once production closes this fall. BMW M GmbH head Frank van Meel likewise affirmed that the German automaker arrangements to chop out the alternative on the M6 too, including that “demand had dropped to zero,” on the coupe.

Designed particularly for the U.S. market, the six-speed manual transmission wasn’t shoddy for BMW to develop due to all the torque the 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 produces. The current BMW M5 packs 560 Hp and 500 pound-feet of torque and its engine controller was uniquely modified to protect the transmission after manual shifts.

The uplifting news is that BMW will keep the manual transmission alternative for the M2, M3 and M4 models.

The cutting edge BMW M5 is as of now being developed and was as of late spied testing close to the Nurburgring. Gossip has it that it will have around 600 hp and likely more torque, so it’s justifiable that the German automaker isn’t willing invest into building a manual transmission that can deal with the abuse.