Originally Posted by
Mark
My knock on all this is the push to create more fuel efficient cars and using unproven technologies (like transmissions) to achieve that. CVT are surely here to stay, and they will continue to improve.
Thankfully lots of newer efficient vehicles are switiching to a dual-clutch automatic (like my 2018 Niro), and still acheiving excellent economy without the shame of a cvt.
But transmission style will basically become a moot point with the coming shift to electric vehicles, everything will just be single speed
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 36.9 mpg (US) ... 15.7 km/L ... 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp)