I couldn't find this info out so if anyone knows anything that would be helpful.

I was basically wondering how common the manual vs auto was for BMW and Merc Benz for the 90's cars.

I'm a big E34 fan and they seem pretty common in manual. I was on craigslist just perusing and searched for MB's in my area and almost all were auto.

so anyone know roughly the percentage of auto vs manual for both brands in the 90's?

For example is it BMW - 60% auto 40% manual and MB like 80% auto 20% manual? Just curious.