When it comes to transmissions, cars used to fall under two categories: manual and automatic. However, a third type of ...

While reading up on new cars, you might’ve seen talk about an unfamiliar kind of transmission. Instead of a six-speed automatic or whatever, you may see a car that has a CVT. It’s an innovative ...

Continuously variable transmissions, also known as CVTs, have become quite common over the last decade. Most automakers use them to some extent, especially mainstream brands. For the uninitiated, a ...

Before you own a car, you might be clueless about vehicle transmissions but they’re vital to know as your vehicle insurance. You might have probably heard about manual and automatic transmissions and ...

The two most common types of transmissions are manual and automatic. But there is a third type called a continuously variable transmission (CVT). CVTs have been around since the late 1980s but are now ...

Photo: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Nissan has been using CVTs in its vehicles for nearly twenty years. The first generation launched in 2002 was met with mixed reviews as some owners reporting multiple ...

As an avid car enthusiast, Joe enjoys time on the track, going to car meets, or simply taking a long drive in the Colorado mountains. Joe has always had a love for writing and cars, so he decided to ...

Toyota’s rise to automotive highs is well documented. They took the world of endurance racing by storm and pioneered many innovative technologies. Among them, the Direct Shift-CVT transmission. The ...

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Continuously Variable Transmission. Those three words are guaranteed to strike dread in the heart of any gearhead who has ever enjoyed a slick-shifting manual transmission or a crisp-shifting ...

A continuously variable transmission, or CVT, is a type of automatic transmission that uses a pair of pulleys connected by a belt or chain to transmit power from the engine to the rest of the ...