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Here are the speed in gears for a range of smallish BMWs of the past 20+ years. It starts with the G87 and then moves to the F82 M4, F87 M2, E92 M3, E82 135i, and E46 M3.
Its clear that BMW has defined targets for each gear given that speeds are all within a few percent over 20+ years despite big changes in engine configuration between models (and power output).
Clearly there is nothing new about the G87's gearing and it is strange that people want to complain about it now. A 100+ MPH 3rd gear has been pretty standard for performance cars since the late 90s!
Cars with shorter gears are cars without much power....
-Nick
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