Repeating what others have said, in the 'states many 6 speeds have the same top and bottom gear, just more ratios in the middle. I feel that for a majority of vehicles I'd rather have one more gear on the top as a "super overdrive", but my Insight is probably one of the few exceptions to that - I could definitely use another in the middle. 5th is so tall that it will do 70mph in 2nd gear.
