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What astounds me about the US auto market.
The absolute stupidity of short overall gearing in both manuals and autos.
Heck even 8 speeds aren't enough? All you need is a tall 5th gear. the other 4 can be fairly close together. Give me 1600 at 55 3200 at 110. I'm a big boy and can downshift if that ratio is not short enough.
Build engines for torque, not HP. Of course that would mean for many US males something akin to having their "equipment" size reduced.
At least pay a little attention to aero shapes. They have only been well known for hundreds of years when mankind realized that sailing vessels went faster when the hull's shape was right.
7 years ago the EPA clearly stated that the greatest improvement in mileage would be through better powertrains with capacitive regeneration of single braking events. 80% better mileage through the powertrain alone.
For the sake of humanity you would think they could lower the final drive ratio. The ONLY justification would be the rationalization that the car would spend all of it's life loaded to capacity, which we all know is a farce in the US.
regards
Mech
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