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Originally Posted by Calum
Your driving style will have a bigger effect on mileage then the transmission will, so ymmv.
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Not when driven identically, though the taller gears on the auto already favor better fuel economy.
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Originally Posted by dsgerbc
Most cars also don't shift into 3rd to get to 60.
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Some do. I remember the first WRX STi needing to hit third to get to 60 mph, which was why a lot of the first tests had the Evo hitting 60 slightly more quickly (since it could hit 60 at the top of second)... I believe it was Road & Track who mentioned that.
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Originally Posted by Turbowned
The IS-F is a Luxury Sport Sedan, which by all rights ought to have been offered with a manual transmission like all it's competitors did: BMW M3, Cadillac CTS-V, Audi RS 4/S4.
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The C63 AMG was also a competitor. That one also had an auto and was quicker to accelerate to pretty much any speed than the M3. And the IS-F and S4/RS4. (Not sure about the CTS-V though.)