{"id":48107,"date":"2012-01-10T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=48107"},"modified":"2015-08-25T18:19:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T16:19:03","slug":"2013-bmw-f10m-m5-with-six-speed-manual-gearbox-us-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2012\/01\/10\/2013-bmw-f10m-m5-with-six-speed-manual-gearbox-us-only\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 BMW F10M M5 with Six-speed Manual Gearbox &#8211; US Only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BMW has officially confirmed today at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show that it will offer a six-speed manual transmission for the upcoming 2013 BMW F10M M5 model version.<\/p>\n<p>The six-speed manual transmission will be available at the start of production this summer as alternative to the standard seven-speed M-Double Clutch Transmission (M-DCT). There are no additional costs when you choose for the manual instead of the automatic. <\/p>\n<p>The main differences between the two systems are the absence of a 7th gear and the optimized ratios for acceleration, flexibility and fuel economy. The current drive ratio and special M differential were maintained. The stickshift has a short throw shift linkage and a black leather backlit shift knob.<\/p>\n<p>The manual is only offered in the United States, the &#8216;country of the automatic gearbox&#8217;. This is mainly because the system was a popular choice on the precious generations of the M5.<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 M5 will arrive at US BMW Centers in late summer 2012. Pricing and options have not been made available yet.<\/p>\n<p>[Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2012\/01\/09\/bmw-confirms-6-speed-manual-transmission-for-the-2013-m5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMWblog.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW has officially confirmed today at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show that it will offer a six-speed manual transmission for the upcoming 2013 BMW F10M M5 model version. The six-speed manual transmission will be available at the start of production this summer as alternative to the standard seven-speed M-Double Clutch Transmission (M-DCT). There are no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":48108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[14301,973,10,6819],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}