Since it's the 3.0 I6, I would consider the manual...if it was the V8 with more tq/hp I would go auto, thats just me a lot of peeps would go manual either way. IMO I bought the X5 4.4 to kick back in when driving, so the auto was my route (the Z is for racing)

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