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Originally Posted by golf_234
There are a multitude of reasons for product spec choices, they may or may not have considered a special version of the engine for the MT.
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I'am pretty sure they didn't consider this, not for a car with this price point. MT is a few percent of the market potential and they probably had several long discussions with business case reviews on the project steering board to get the a final go for the MT like it is already. Also, max hp is about 1000rpm earlier, adding a few hundred rpm more to the limiter will probably not make it faster. Also: the last few hundred rpms are the most difficult to endure. It allows for 5th gear long full throttle periods near rpm limiter on the autobahn: this destroys engines.