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Why don't modern cars have an overdrive?

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Why don't modern cars have an overdrive?
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21-07-2012, 08:24 AM
Yeah, nowadays it ends up that in reality, you just give the box more gears...

I think it was more for FR layouts where the OD unit goes between the box and the diff, before a time when it was easy to fit 5 gears inside a gearbox... Especially gears longer than 1:1...
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RE: Why don't modern cars have an overdrive? - by Ruan - 21-07-2012, 08:24 AM

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