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new automatic?
hope this isn't a repost
BMW's New Automatic
(Fri 21 Oct 05)
The Z4 Roadster will next year become the first BMW to use an automatic gearbox with paddle-shift control. A formal announcement is expected in the very near future, but we gather that the unit will be a conventional automatic controlled by paddles mounted behind the steering wheel. This will give the impression - though not, of course, the actual effect - of an F1-style gearchange.
The new system is likely to be fitted to other BMWs after its debut in the Z4.
http://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/2005/o..._new_automatic
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Mr. Paddle Shift figured out how to do this 4 years ago!
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Hello My Friends:
Look what I found online... Maybe you heard it, Maybe you haven't but here it is.
BMW has a new Automatic and Strategy to decomission the current SMGII & SMGIII F1 Style Single-Clutch Transmission. I can hear it now from the Audi owners... (DSG) Dual-Clutch system has always been superior to BMW's SMG.
The BMW Z4 Roadster will next year become the first BMW to use an automatic gearbox with paddle-shift control, according to an online report. “A formal announcement is expected in the very near future,” says CARkeys, “but we gather that the unit will be a conventional automatic controlled by paddles mounted behind the steering wheel.” Mercedes uses a similar style 7-speed automatic transmission in its top-of-the-line AMG models. Recently, both Mercedes and BMW have said they plan to plan to replace both F1-style automatics and SMG systems with dual-clutch transmissions. It’s possible BMW has developed a paddle-shift automatic as a go-between until its dual-clutch transmission is ready for the 2008 model year.
Any Thoughts?
-GMAN
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http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=116128
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Quote: You beat the other guy that posted this info in this forum by half an hour, so his is the repost. Don't know yet about the other forums 
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Hello My Friends:
Reading is fundamental.
-GMAN
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