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Date:         Tue, 18 May 2004 23:49:37 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: CV Transmissions
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>Well, let's see. Audi offers one in the 2 wheel drive A4 and it's the only >tranny available in the A4 convertible. >Saturn had one in the Vue but I think that may have been dropped recently >in favor of a far superior Honda drivetrain. >The Mini Cooper offers one as the automatic, not available in the Cooper S >fortunately. >I believe Toyota has one in the Prius. >Honda had one a few years ago available in the Civic but I don't recall if >it's still around. >I'm not sure if I got all of them. >Personally, I think the direct shift manuals beat just about everything out >there. Only one around right now is in the Audi TT.

The Civic I believe still is. There are other CVT cars available... I think one is a Japanese V6. Don't forget who invented the first CVT, Dutch firm DAF (bought out by Volvo)... -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut


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