This was when BMW design peaked

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those barges were old people cars when they were new so most of them were auto

What did you expect? It's the luxury class and people who bought S class and 7 usually didn't want to shift like the plebs.
I also prefer manual transmissions but that's just how it is/was.

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>hurr muh manual
>in a luxobarge
Buy a fucking Miata if you wanna be a boyracer.

Back when they were new it kinda surprised me how the E38 was slimmer looking than the smaller E39

the point is they used to come in manual even the w140 s-class but baby boomers are literally the worst generation to ever walk the planet. the e38 and w140 were cars for the baby boomers parents who could actually drive manuel

probably because longboi

>fuckhuge barge
>smaller than the E39

>>smaller than the E39