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Isibonelo sakamuva sithathwe esitatimendeni sikaFrank van Meel, inhloko yakwaBMW M, kwi-Australian Car Advice, ngesikhathi ethula umncintiswano omusha weBMW M5 Competition noM2, lapho eveze khona ukuthi. U-50% wamakhasimende aseNyakatho Melika akhetha ukuthunyelwa ngesandla ku-BMW M2 , eqinisekisa isinqumo sokuyigcina kumodeli, esanda kuvuselelwa. EYurophu, lesi sibalo sehla safinyelela ku-20%.
Emazwini kaFrank van Meel:
Abathengi bavota ngezikhwama zabo zemali. (…) njengonjiniyela ngingakusho lokho ngokombono ophusile, futhi nakuba ukudlulisa ngesandla kulula kune-othomathikhi, kusebenzisa uphethiloli omningi futhi kuhamba kancane, ngakho akuwenzi umqondo... Kodwa ngokomzwelo yokubuka, amakhasimende amaningi athi “angifuni ukwazi, ngifuna eyodwa”. Uma nje sinalezi zabelo ku-M2, kodwa naku-M3 naku-M4, sizoqhubeka nokuba namabhukwana (amabhokisi) ngoba silalela amakhasimende ethu… Uma isidingo siphezulu kangaka, kungani singanelisi?
Ngakho-ke, sibonga abathengi baseMelika, ngokuthenga oMs abaningi kangaka beBMW enama-gearbox ashintshwayo. I-BMW M2 iyisibonelo sakamuva nje “sothando” lwabantu baseMelika kuma-gearbox ashintshwayo ku-M. Njengesibonelo, kusukela ku-M5 (E39), akuzange kube khona i-gearbox ye-manual kule modeli eYurophu. Kodwa-ke, abantu baseMelika bakwazile ukuthenga ama-M5 we-manual ku-E60 kanye ne-F10.
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