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I wouldnt drop the clutch at red-line, two reasons, its horrible on the clutch and two, on amost all cars redline is just how fast the motor can run, it has nothing to do with how much torque the car is making (what gets you going), in theory you would probably want to rev the engine high enough so ...

well most 5th and 6th gears on cars today are overdrive gears any ways, however, if 7 speeds were coupled to a smaller engine, it could be kept in its powerband longer, and if need be push the car into higher speeds, not to mention it would also improve fuel economy while improving performance, I gu...

:idea: With the advent of "new" technologies allowing for 7 speed automatics and "SMG" transmissions, do you think we will ever see 7 speed manual transmissions developed for the mainstream, it is inevitable that these new 7 speed transmissions found only on BMW's right now will ...