2025 BMW Z4 M40i Debuts With Manual Gearbox For $69,950
The 2025 BMW Z4 M40i gets a six-speed manual gearbox as part of an optional package that costs $3,500 and includes other goodies.
The 2025 BMW Z4 M40i gets a six-speed manual gearbox as part of an optional package that costs $3,500 and includes other goodies.
A BMW spokesperson told Top Gear magazine that M customers are buying enough cars with manual gearboxes to keep the stick shift alive.
BMW USA sold 1,883 Z4 roadsters last year, representing an increase of 20.2% compared to 2022. In 2024, the manual M40i could bolster demand.
The new six-speed manual BMW Z4 M40i is heading to the United Kingdom as well in 2024.
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A BMW Australia spokesperson has ruled out a Z4 M40i with a stick shift Down Under by saying there are "no plans at this stage."
There's more to the BMW Z4 M40i than its new six-speed manual gearbox but the changes planned are not coming to the automatic version.
Spy photographers claim to have heard the manual shifts of a Z4 M40i prototype that BMW was testing. The reveal is expected in 2024.
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The 2023 BMW Z4 LCI made an appearance at the Salzburg Auto Show in Austria as an M Performance model with plenty of options.
The BMW Z4 M40i roadster went up against a Porsche 718 Cayman S coupe but the gap between the two was quite obvious.