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Old 12-04-2011, 04:39 AM   #22
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It will almost certainly do 62 in 2nd. Everywhere but the US and Canada now use 0-100km/h (0-62mph) as the benchmark so I would be very surprised if they made the car need a gearchange. Even the UK no almost entirely uses 0-62 (well the manufacturers do anyway)

Has it been confirmed that the red line is the same in all gears as it is quite common to have a higher redline in 1st and 2nd now?

Edit: EVO confirms that it does 62 in second:
"Taken all the way to the redline the BRZ should be capable of dispatching 0-60mph in just under second (typo seven?) seconds (I guessed 6.7 and my chaperone just smiled), but it feels like the gearing has been very carefully chosen for the benchmark – the manual transmission (just) allows 100km/h in second gear. Actually getting a sub-7 0-60 would mean interfacing with the rev limiter a couple of tenths afterwards."

Last edited by cossey; 12-04-2011 at 04:51 AM. Reason: new information
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