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Was told by a mechanic a few months back that continuously-variable transmissions are standard in gas cars now, but have reliability problems. Old-tech automat
by everybodyknows 1y ago
Was told by a mechanic a few months back that continuously-variable transmissions are standard in gas cars now, but have reliability problems. Old-tech automatics can (could?) still be had from Toyota and Mazda.
- nothercastle 1y agoNah only Subaru and nisssan. 10 speed automatics are most common.
- Marsymars 1y agoMost Japanese manufacturers are moving pretty heavily to CVTs. (And Americans have a smattering of them across their lines.)
- Marsymars 1y agoNote that the eCVT that Toyota/Ford (and soon Mazda) use in their hybrids is mechanically entirely different from classic CVTs.
- vel0city 1y agoNote that not all Ford hybrids are eCVTs. Hybrid Explorers don't have eCVTs, for example. But Mavericks and some of their newer hybrids are eCVTs.
- elabajaba 1y agoE-CVTs are extremely reliable and are different from CVTs (CVTs use a belt attached to 2 cones, E-CVTs are just a single planetary gear set), but a lot of car guys and even some mechanics don't realize they're completely different.
- orloffm 1y agoSubarus have chain-based CVTs which are presumably better than usual belt-based ones.