Very tall gearing, but that is expected.
The flat torque curve also means that there's solid urge available pretty much throughout the rev range, giving a diesel - like surge for overtaking, and the engine is also happy to pull
very tall gearing (2200rpm at 75mph in sixth) without complaint.
Eight speeds Similarly, although the eight - speed automatic works well as an all - purpose transmission, with smooth shifts and
very tall gears to improve freeway fuel economy, it falls just a little short of full sport performance.
Not exact matches
A
tall final - drive ratio of 3.31:1 enables the car to reach 60 mph without grabbing for second
gear and brings a
very high top speed within reach, but it makes the car difficult to launch from a stop.
The GTI is creamy and seamless, a
tall -
gear - and - low - revs express,
very well balanced and
very quick.
Even though the Trax is
tall and relatively short in length, it exhibited good road manners, and the 1.4 - liter turbocharged Ecotec inline - four engine coupled with a six - speed automatic transmission was nicely
geared and never indicated that it had to work
very hard.
The company claims a mileage of 11.72 km / l which is
very much achievable considering the fantastic engine and
tall seventh
gear.
Although, in testing the JCW hardtop, I discovered the
gears are matched
very well to the available power and that great economy does not come at the expense of unnecessarily
tall gearing.
In our fuel efficiency tests it returned a
very impressive 19.19 kmpl on the highway thanks to the
tall gearing but in the city, where you need to make more
gear changes to keep the engine in the sweet spot, that figure drops down to 13.5 kmpl, which is still a reasonable figure for a petrol engine.
[MUSIC][SOUND][MUSIC] Here are the $ 20,000 Volkswagen Golf We're not expecting a lot of power and we're not getting a lot of power, Especially with this
tall gearing it makes it
very awkward on the Auto Cross course.