Marty
The CVT transmission type has been used by Ford in Europe on earlier Fiesta
models and certainly with Subaru on another small car. It's not a new
concept and was used extensively by a Dutch car manufacturer, DAF, later
bought out by Volvo. Go to the link below and you should find your answers
from the DAF Club of America on the working principle.
http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=daf
Cheers, Jonmac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Sukey" <trmarty@glwb.net>
To: "Triumph List" <Triumphs@Autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:37 AM
Subject: [TR] non triumph transmission question
> My wife is kicking around the idea of a new car. We drove one today
> (Chrysler product) with some kind of new fangled transmission. Some kind
> of
> continuously variable transaxle that doesnt shift like a normal
> transmission. More like a variable belt drive torque converter. I guess I
> am
> stuck in the old school mode because it sure seamed weird to drive.
> Anybody
> have any knowledge/experience/opinions on these? I believe the Mini Cooper
> automatics have the same thing.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marty
>
>
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