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Originally Posted by lil_chef
i understand the attraction of a 7 speed for the new Porsches because they have no torque. what does the corvette need it for? they don't need to be geared any shorter than they already are and 6th gear is already ridiculously tall. unless the next gen engines are significantly less torquey (doubtful) i just don't see it.
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7 speeds is starting to be too many, particularly if you have to shift through them all manually. I already skip gears on may car (to save shifting, not because of the skip-shift feature). I hope this isn't foreshadowing future engine choices. If I wanted a torqueless engine that needed granny gears and 8-9K RPM to do anything, I'd have bought a Honda. That is great for race cars, but cars that are driven on public roads need torque much more than they need horsepower.
I've driven many cars with newer, high horsepower V6s. They prove that there is no replacement for displacement. I don't care if it does have 300+ horsepower, if it is constantly bogged down because it as no torque, but is geared as if it does, it is going to "feel" like a 100hp economy car most of the time, regardless of its horsepower rating.
By the way, what is the shift pattern going to look like with 7 forward speeds? 6 gears already fills up the H.