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      12-16-2018, 07:52 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Bayerische Motoren Werke View Post
Why would a MT transmission spec'd variant go through the same testing as it's AT brother, is it because they're technically different drivetrains?

I'm not a BMW engineer but I'd assume the only difference between AT/MT is the transmission, and judging by "muscle" cars, maybe the diff ratios.
They each require their own certification program as they are different significant mass parts and must be crash tested to see how each performs against the impact barrier.
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