03-16-2009, 09:24 PM
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Drives: police interceptor
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Austin, tx
Posts: 1,294
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toehead93
Doesn't the gearing of the automatic hurt its mpg too? I think the gearing in the A6 is geared more agressively (which means less mpg) in order to accelerate equal to the M6. This steep gearing is needed to overcome the power lost through the torque converter. The A6 could get better mpg with less aggressive gearing but then it would suffer in acceleration.
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