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Subject:Re: CV Transmissions
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 18 May 2004 23:49:37 +1200

>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)...
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Andrew Grebneff
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