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Originally Posted by ohsmily
Knowing the speed at which a particular vehicle will redline is valuable information. You can then apply that knowledge to the real world. What is your "real world" for the purpose of top speed? Two perfectly measured runs with scientific equipment to come up with a two direction average? A freeway? A runway? A slight downgrade? A tail wind? All of these will affect top speed in a given situation. Knowing the A10 won't redline in the top gear (or likely even the 8th or 9th) at any practically attainable speed is relevant to thinking people. You have discarded that information out of hand as irrelevant to the question of top speed.
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The theoretical top speed of an A10 ZL1 in 10th gear is irrelevant because it will never be able to get there. When someone asks "what's the top speed of the car", they are asking about what it will actually attain, which is officially 198 mph, a two-way avg (194 mph one way, 202 mph the other) to eliminate the wind factor. They aren't wondering "what is the gear limited theoretical top speed in a vacuum".
Now if you're talking about optimizing the top speed in an M6 ZL1, then we would need to start getting into gear ratios and such.