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Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202... by xaerise on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:18AM (#34050477)
With that much torque things will break faster...

Think like: It is not the speed that kills, it is the sudden stop.

Like the VW automatic transmissions. Here in Europe, no one will trim VW with diesel and automatic transmission because the torque will kill the transmission.

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Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202... by ddalex on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:48AM (#34050667)
> no one will trim VW with diesel and automatic transmission

Passat 2.0 TDI SCR 7-speed is a diesel automatic transmission that is offered as standard. What are you talking about?

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Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202... by simonebrunozzi on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:50AM (#34050681)
> no one will trim VW with diesel and automatic transmission

Majority of diesel cars in Germany, AFAIK, are sold with automatic transmission.

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Re:An electric Kia that’s faster than a Lamborghini? The 202... by dsfyu404ed on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:58AM (#34051095)
They know how much torque they're dealing with so they'll just spec heavier components to deal with it.

> no one will trim VW with diesel and automatic transmission because the torque will kill the transmission

That's just because it's a crap transmission or it's tuned to be crap.

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