• SoJB@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Genuinely, do any US models use proper CVTs? In my experience I’ve only seen CVTs where the maker programs it to behave and rev like an automatic 6-speed, which renders the entire point of a CVT moot.

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      3 months ago

      Nope. When Nissan came out with them they acted like normal CVTs without shift points, but people hated it so they added them in, and now they all do it.

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      3 months ago

      Subaru, when not in Sport mode. Problem is, the same monkey brain in some people that hates everything but manual also hates the way CVT doesn’t have gears for most people in general, so they make fake shifts to satisfy the monkey brain in people.