The E46 M3 was available with a manual transmission, but those who sprung for the then-exotic SMG transmission got a weird little shifter. To put the car into automatic mode, you had to push the ...

The semi-automatic SMG II is still based on the E46 M3’s standard Getrag 420G stick-shift but it uses an electrohydraulically-actuated clutch, which is capable of shifts in just 80 milliseconds ...

A lot of cars only come with an automatic transmission nowadays, but a lot of them also offer a manual or sport mode, ...

It’s the shift knob from the 2003-2006 BMW 330i ZHP, which is BMW’s best shift knob. It’s not too tall or too short, and it looks quite good in the cabin of any BMW from any era. But it’s ...

BMW E46 M3 Photo Gallery. BMW E46 M3 ... attached to the buyer's choice of either a six-speed manual or a six-speed paddle-shifted automatic. We prefer the stick shift, ... U.S. Auto Safety ...

If you’ve ever looked at floor-mounted automatic transmission shift levers, with either disdain or genuine gratitude, you’ve probably noticed that they tend to fall into two main categories ...

Some believe the E46 was the last true BMW, but that depends if you see them as a sports car brand or a luxury one. And you can't have the latter without automatic gearboxes, because shifting ...

Rather than being able to easily knock the shifter from Drive into Neutral, for example, a zig-zag pattern means that the shifter needs to be physically moved across and up, or down, at the same time.