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Originally Posted by minispeed
Since a MT won't downshift automatically if they have too tall of a top gear some buyers will be upset that they have to downshift for a hill or a pass and feel that the car is underpowered.
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Even before the massification of automatic transmissions in the American market, the average American customer wanted to avoid shifting at all, no wonder huge engines bolted to transmissions with a small # of gears were so popular, with plenty of torque at idling already, so they could eventually keep it in top gear all day long. While an European or a Japanese would be satisfied with a 4-pot and a 4-speed manual transmission, the average Joe would be pissed off with less than 6 cylinders and more than 3-speed
