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Originally Posted by Homemade WRX
also note that he is using the 4.1 final drive which we probably will not be getting here. Thank you CAFE.
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I doubt it, current fuel economy regulations in Europe/Japan are probably stricter than they are in the US but 2016 will be different. Higher final drive doesn't hurt city test economy much anyways. What I want to see is a crazy 0.6 6th gear with 4.100 final drive, best of both worlds. Probably something like a 10-15% fuel economy increase on the highway as it'll decrease rpms by 14% compared to the 3.727 final drive even. With a 3.727 final drive you'd be getting into like 260-270g/kwh cruise which is great but you'd lose first gear acceleration.