^^I'm a lil confused, I think u mean M3. The last M5 only came in a manual.

Here is the kicker. BMW feels SMG is the best way to drive a M car, thus the current M5 had the new 7 speed SMG only. Amazingly it wasnt' Europe that cried, it was AMERICA, who said "we want a manual".

BMW finally made the option of a M5 manual. But they Won't let you turn off the the traction control completely.

So do you pick the M5 with SMG but you can disable all electronics
or
M5 that is a manual but keeps some electronics?

Porsche just debuted a PDK dual clutch and expects American buyers to shift from 70/30 manual auto to 50/50 manual/auto.

Guess what, Europe is ALREADY 50/50 auto/manual with Porsche!!