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Old 05-29-2008, 02:45 PM   #12 (permalink)
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A lot of vehicles are calibrated to act this way.
50% power with 30% throttle.
Makes them feel "faster" and "more responsive" than if they had a linear progression.
This philosophy will probably not change in the future as the power/weight ratio decreases.

As to fastplastic comment, I find my 97 Jeep Cherokee to be more linear than other cars. I always assumed they wanted good throttle modulation at the low end for "rock crawling" type stuff.
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