Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »So I'm thinking that the Caliber CVT must be just crap. Friends of ours also rented one and were commenting on how they had to "get used to it" and it was constantly revving? My Nissan is nothing like that - its quiet and you'd never even know you're d...

Shemp, We're way off topic now (sorry my fault) but add to the public's resistance to Diesels, Fords recent decision to not offer a Diesel Focus in the US even though they are doing a worldwide launch of the new Focus starting this year in Europe. Europe gets a diesel of course, just not the US. For...

I believe it is quite common for drivers to find a CVT 'weird' and as creatures of habit we often avoid change. I believe it is peoples general lack of acceptance (and even derision) towards this type of technology that has kept it in the margins for so long. It will be very interesting to see how N...

Thanks for the info!! Had no idea they had been around that long with that technology!If I remember rightly DAF was purchased by International Harvesters in the late 70's and the car division resold quickly to Volvo. I remember seeing the Volvo 66's (A redesigned/rebadged DAf 66) for a year or two b...

CVT's have been around since the 1970's when DAF of Europe invented the technology. They used Rubber V belts on their cars and Steel belts on their commercial vehicles. The first successful auto trans for a big rig as far as I am aware. The cars had reliability issues around 60,000 miles, the belts ...