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Yeah, but a sixth cog would be perfect for sitting on the motorway at 70mph but then as has been pointed out, so would a Fabia vRS. I've got mixed views about having a sixth gear in the ST. On one hand it would be great for fuel economy and noise on long jouneys but the 5 gears work so well in the ST on the roads/driving style it was designed for.



Mine does about 3400 rpm at 70, that's about 20.5 mph/1000 rpm, slightly higher than my wife's 1.4 clio and the same as the astra sport I had before. I don't think the diff has been changed in the facelift.

anyway I'm for having a 6th gear higher than the present 5th. You don't HAVE to use it for the B roads Unless you spend 0% of your time on motorways, the extra long gear would be more relaxing on both man and machine.

It could be the Clio has to have 6 gears because to get 197HP out of the 2 litre they had to make it too cammy for 5 gears. In that case 6th could be just as low as the ST 5th.