Originally Posted by
91cavgt
For CVT owners, we have a "phantom gear shift" that occurs anywhere from 38 mph to about 62 mph depending on acceleration rate. But it's not a phantom gear change at all, it is a true gear shift.
Our CVT transmission has a high and low primary gear, then the CVT on top of that. This is what allows the car to turn high rpms at low speed, and turn low rpms at high speed.