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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I also find it funny that automakers almost never made a manual transmission (at least in the North American market) with a truly "tall" top gear (meaning: one that would satisfy an ecomodder). In other words, something analagous to the very tall top gears in some modern automatics for extra highway fuel savings.
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Nowadays, not even in Brazil I see such transmissions. I remember saying the 5-speed transmission of my mother's former car, a 2014 Toyota Etios, felt too short-geared.