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range of 4th gear

with 5 gears it's a 4+e (economy) gearbox,
so i have the option of accelerating
up to the max (in my case 160 km/h) in the 4th gear,
without going over the top with the revolutions, right ?

edit: more general approach

Re: range of 4th gear

Reply #1 –
Does your car have a rev limiter?  If so that sets the max revs in each gear.  If not be sympathetic and don’t hold revs too high for too long.
Or have I misinterpreted your question?  Is the question, 5th gear is so high maximum speed is achieved in 4th?  Possibly, what was the broucher top speed, does specify in 4th?
 

Re: range of 4th gear

Reply #2 –
basically you got me right.

there is no switch-mark for the 4th gear on my speedo
and i just wanted to know if the full range is really within the specs.

are there switch-marks for the 4th gear on stronger machines,
which have a higher top speed and no rev-meter ?

we even have a equally motorized 4-gear-version
and its top-speed is also 160 km/h. thank you for asking.

so, the transmission ratio of the gear 1 to 4 of a 4+e gearbox
is equal to the gears of a 4-gear-gearbox ?

there should also be a rev-limiter,
but i would not want to go that far up.