The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...
The efficiency of a tooth-on-tooth geared transmission, with the smoothly variable gear ratios of a CVT – minus the belt friction and capable of going all the way down to a zero ratio without needing ...
When choosing a new car, first-time buyers tend to overlook the type of transmission it uses. Sure, 97% of drivers in the U.S. now drive automatic vehicles, leading many to assume that that's the only ...
It's about time drivers get over their hatred of continuously variable transmissions (CVTs). Sure, it's nice to feel that shift from one gear to the next, and we're sure there's some sort of Freudian ...
CVTs often get a bad rap for being unengaging, unreliable, and just all-around dull transmissions that suck the life out of any engine they’re mated up to. The new Subaru WRX in particular has ...
Car TikToker Thomas (@carsrme) says the 2019 Honda Civic is the most reliable car of the last five years. The internet? Not so much. The sticking point seems to be the car’s continuously variable ...