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eclou said:
A car with plentiful low-end torque will not benefit from gearing as much as a car with a higher end and narrow power band. One example is the 5spd Merc E55 accelerates as fast as the 7spd M5. Swap trannies, the Merc will not gain as much acceleration as the M5 will lose. That may explain why the 996tt had more penalty from the 5 spd.



But the 997 Turbo Tip is also a 5 speed.
They might be different gearboxes but they're both automatic (996 and 997).
So why is the 996 Turb tip much slower than the manual and not the 997?