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Old 03-25-2012, 03:15 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by e46m3 View Post
In the video, he is shifting to 3rd around 101 km/h which is over 62mph. This is odd as, according to Insideline, they had to shift to 3rd at 59 mph as they hit fuel cut. Does Euro version have different gear ratio than US version?
Exactly, I was looking for the same thing. 101 km/h is nearly 63mph. That makes perfect sense. Subaru isn't that stupid. They know 0-60 mph or 0-100 km/h is the gold standard, regardless of whether the car is designed to accelerate quickly. It's frickin media suicide to gear a car to only reach 59mph.

I don't trust Inside Line in the least, but something is up. It's either different gearing, speedometer calibration error, or Inside Line's test equipment was F'ed.
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