For at least until Autonomous Driving is fully implement, BMW will always offer a manual option in their lower-tier M cars..
They are not just going to leave potential customers on the table..
But honestly, one of big reasons the manual take rate is so skewed is because of the $2,900 up-charge for the DCT. When the ZF8 is a free auto option in the M cars, I could see the take rate lowering..