Ya, I used the word "probably" in the sense that you are in first or second for the first phase, but probably not in first doing 80-110. Depending on how many gears the transmission has, you might be in second, but these days, probably not.
I think your point on torque brings us back to the reality of the acceleration we were originally talking about, and not extracting the 80-110 from the the 0-110 speed, because that data is generated from having your foot to the floor. But if you are overtaking on the highway in an auto, you are probably around 2500rpm, so low torque. You put your foot down, the vehicle accelerates briefly in the higher gear, then drops down a gear or two, then rpms rise, then you get that torque. If it has a turbo, that's another potential lag before peak power. And how fast that process happens can really depend on the vehicle.
In our CVT Impreza, it's super slow(I know it isn't dropping a gear, but the response is sluggish). To get around that I just manually drop it an imaginary gear or two and then mash it to the floor. Takes off(as much as 148hp takes off..) pretty responsively then. I know autos have buttons like disable O/D or Hold to get around that too. I suspect most people never use those tools.
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