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14 Cars That Are Better Without a Manual Gearbox
14 Cars That Are Better Without a Manual Gearbox
A case could be made that the AMG GT deserves a manual, but the hardcore R version is best left with a dual-clutch. It's built to get as fast around a track as possible, and it can't do that if it's slowed down by a third pedal.
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One particularly interesting bit regarded the shooting brake, which Nurnberger said, "we sort of started it and then realized to make a really good shooting brake we had to do a lot more engineering." Thus, the long-roof Vanquish actually has a longer wheelbase than the rest of the cars. According to Nunberger, the rear of the car is taken from a modular platform and is essentially a rear of a Rapide that has been added on. Of course, that required total reengineering, retesting, as well as re-crashing to bring it to production......
BMW enlisted the help of its Individual departments to create an appearance package named Golden Thunder for the 8 Series. It wraps the inside and the outside in black and adds a handful of gold accents....
