[MetroMPG]

Euro Mirages have a taller final drive, and a slightly shorter top gear. But the net effect is lower top gear RPM for them.

The best "OEM" combination for lowest top gear RPM would be our non-Euro 5th and the Euro final drive.

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But instead of bugging them for a better gearing option, we should be complaining instead about the lack of engine option: Europe and Japan have a 1.0L engine in addition to the 1.2L. THAT's what we should really be going for.

One interesting thing about the Euro 1.0L... it gets exactly the same manual gearing as the 1.2.