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It seems like this thread is getting a little old. I thought I would throw my opinion in. The torque curve between the two engines seems to deviate pretty substantially from 5000 rpm to 6500. I don't usually drive in this range so it probably would not make any difference to me from a performance standpoint. When I was driving today with the throttle about 1/2 to 3/4 way down in sport mode it gave me a pretty spirited ride. I noticed it tended to shift right at 5000 rpm. When I go wide open throttle at higher speeds I can definitely feel the drop in torque over 5000 rpm. If I'm to believe the torque curves published by Car and Driver (the 2020 curve seems pretty accurate by my seat of the pants observation) the 2021 still drops over 5000 rpm but holds a pretty big margin over the 2020. If I had the choice between the two I would probably get the 2021. There would be no reason for me to switch from by 2020 since in my real-world experience there would really be no difference.
I superimposed the two curves.
I superimposed the two curves.
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