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Old 07-06-2016, 08:35 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by LLYNCES View Post
The AT being a 6 speed will really hurt it too as most AT's in the future will be like 8+ speeds .

This trend will stop. Modern engines are very elastic with wide powerband and adding speeds/gears in the transmission is pointless. At some point your gain of optimizing the rpm becomes negligible (because torque curve is essentially flat) and even with fast transmissions you lose a moment to change gears.


The future will be CVT for a short while, before transmissionless electric motors take over.
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