upshift
An upshift is when you shift into a higher gear. It’s how the car stays in the right “power range” as you accelerate.
An upshift is moving to a higher gear, usually to keep the engine in a good power band and improve efficiency as speed rises. Here, the driver coordinates upshifts with throttle using hand controls so gear changes happen smoothly without taking attention away from steering.
Hear It Discussed
"when you're pulling for an upshift and then it can be quite smooth and the shifts can happen quite quickly"
Great cars undone by one fatal flaw #319 The Intercooler
"Yeah. And how long has this been going on? Oh, six months. Oh."
#2656: Remote Nonstarter The Best of Car Talk
"It does not pull less when you upshift. It pulls the same. That's fucking crazy"
Driven: Czinger on Track; Gunther Works F-26 in RAIN; Q&A The Smoking Tire
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Episodes Mentioning "upshift"
#2656: Remote Nonstarter
The Best of Car Talk
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The evo podcast
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F1 Nation
Great cars undone by one fatal flaw #319
The Intercooler
2026 Dodge Charger R/T
Talking Cars (MP3)
Driven: Czinger on Track; Gunther Works F-26 in RAIN; Q&A
The Smoking Tire
Rear Suspension Designs That Failed, and, of course, More!
Cycle World Podcast
Robert Wickens Interview
SPEED with Harvick and Buxton
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