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Originally Posted by Bayerische Motoren Werke
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.
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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.