Quote Originally Posted by Qube
YAY for the ///M button, boo for those who choose this stubby thing...
No choice in the new M5.

Supposedly, BMW would have liked to offer a regular manual, but because of the way the 7-speed tranny is built, the shift pattern would have looked something like this:



So, SMG only.

Were you really considering buying a new 550? Aren't you, like, 19?