More discussion about that video here, from a previous posting:
https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/motortrend-2024-mustang-gt-vs-2023-challenger-scat-pack-wb-head-to-head-review.158276/
I can't find the video now but I saw a review video that said Porsche did this to reduce noise and fuel consumption. The long gearing, especially on the lower gears, reduce the RPMs when starting and driving at lower speeds, which keeps the noise down when driving at lower speeds. All due to...
I'm not an American Muscle shill or anything, I just had these pop up in my feed, so I'm passing them along.
Here, they dyno all generations of the Coyote on the same day using the same equipment. As they point out, the torque seems off, but anyway, here it is: