Why Are Cars Getting More Gears??

Why are cars getting more and more gears? What does adding more transmission gears do? It seems in recent years that car makers just can’t stop adding gears to their cars. In only a few years, we’ve gone from five or six speeds being the standard, to eight, nine, or even ten speeds. Honda and GM are even working on gearboxes that go to eleven speeds! Why on earth do they keep adding more? Well, it turns out there are two very good reasons why you might want a lot of transmission gears, as well as quite a few reasons why you wouldn’t. This video looks into why car makers keep adding gears to cars. Enjoy!

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