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F8x enthusiasts' gripe with G8x did start with the design, but the other reason, that is arguably just as significant for the majority of auto-only market, is the loss of DCT.
Some markets (UK and parts of Asia for example) do not get MT as option and this means unlike the previous generation, the returning customers are faced with going for another generic slushbox over more interesting propositions like 718/911 with PDK or keeping their current F8x.
You would say these cars are not direct competitors but from what I have seen M3/4 customers in this market have multiple cars in the garage, so they are looking for an occasion car when shopping around M3/4, not another high powered generic German vehicles. Consequently, one would argue majority of buyers are not financially burdened with making a jump to P cars.
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