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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
Porsche intentionally messed with the Cayman's gearing. (to make it less desirable than 911s? I dunno). The first 3 gears are extra tall, 4th is pretty normal, and 5th and 6th are shorter than you'd expect. Somewhat annoying. 6th gear combined with the final drive is barely taller than a BRZ.
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I think the gear ratios are meant for track usage on the most powerful models (close ratio short high gears to hit top speed), and then they said "nope don't want to make different ratios for anything else" and dropped the same transmission into the rest of the lineup.
The 911's 7 speed box is pretty versatile, since the 7th is a true cruising gear, and 1st is a touch shorter. The problem is of course that in North America, you kind of can just skip to 7th since you won't need to be accelerating at >>100mph anywhere but the salt flats or something.