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Old 04-27-2011, 11:29 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by Zaku View Post
It's almost like you need a car with at least some good amount of torque for an automatic to even be somewhat competitive with manual.
It's limited by the torque converter's relative inefficiency. This is why Porsche went from their 'conventional' Tiptronic button shifting auto, to the PDK.
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