There won't be any more M4 manuals - but there are a few old ones. Unless you'd rather have an auto?
We all know why the manual gearbox was dropped for the BMW M3 and M4 - not enough people bought them. No car manufacturer is going to make what isn't going to sell, however much some people say they want it. Even for the smaller BMW M2, where the six-speed was generally accepted as a better fit for the car than the seven-speed auto, the DCT massively outsold the three-pedal version. And the new G8x era of BMW M3 and M4 are fantastic with an eight-speed torque converter.
But it is on offer in the US, and a few reviews we've seen have praised the appealing combination of six gears, three pedals, nearly 500hp and rear-wheel drive. And call it missing what you had when it's gone or whatever, but it helps to make those previous generation M4s with the DIY transmission look even more interesting just a few years later., and is probably one of the last manuals sold here, registered in 2018 and 22,000 miles old.
At just four years old, it's too early to talk about the future for a car like this one, but it's surely going to have enduring appeal to a committed few with the manual gearbox. More relevant for right now is the fact the M4 - especially in Competition format - came really good in the end, a match for all that Mercedes-AMG, Audi and Alfa Romeo could throw at it. This will remain a brilliant car to drive for a long while yet and - cliché alert - maybe all the M car you'd need.
This manual is for sale at Sytner Coventry BMW for £40,000; perhaps it's an unreasonable comparison, but a new M135i currently retails at £38,440 - £40k doesn't seem an awful lot for an M car of this calibre. It has CarPlay, Harmon Kardon sound, electric seats and, really, every bit of equipment you're going to need. With a 450hp 3.0-litre straight-six, rear-wheel drive and a manual gearbox.
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