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Old 07-25-2010, 04:18 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Dimman View Post
My concern isn't so much that there will be an auto. But the fact that it is important to the marketing of the car. They didn't say "close-ratio 6 speed!" which targets performance drivers. They focused on the automatic, which could indicate that the engineers' influence on the car is being 'softened' by marketing douchebags that are now dictating changes to give the car a broader appeal. This could be a disaster...
I'm sorry, what sports car had a regular 6 speed and did crappy on the track? Most of regular 6 speed sports car (without close-ratio) performed well in most tracks. I don't see why it need to have close-ratio.
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