nissan serena rpm

Why do automatics rev so low? I thought between 2-3 thousand was a good range to keep them at, which is what I do with my manual but I noticed my friends averages around 1500. That’s barely above idle for me?

Automatics can rev up just like any manual with the same engine. The reason for the lower rpm is fuel economy. Automatics follows a specific engine performance map to up shift and down shift. In normal mode or D, the map is tune to give the best fuel burn which usually happens in the lower rpm range and up shift as soon as possible, and kept the rpm as low as possible. When you floor the gas or specifically select it on the drive selector, there usually is another power mode map the engine and transmission follows to gives the best performance, which most people refer to as sport mode. 2–3k rpm is a but high, most cars no matter be it a manual or automatic, at 60mph or 100kmh should sit around 2k at top gear, at least this apply most cars I had driven which includes my q7 (German suv) My aunts SL500, SL350 and E280 ( German coupe and sedan) My old Nissan Serena (Japanese MPV) My uncles Tuscon (Korean SUV) Numerous Japanese rental cars on trips Ps. The only car that the 2k@ top gear@60/100 rule does not apply is those K-Car with engines less than a liter of displacement, those car you really need to push it to get it up to highway speed and their engine buzz like a banshee…