General Motors Developing CVT In-House For Global Lineup

Not content with using CVTs from other manufacturers, General Motors is working on a CVT in-house for use in its global lineup.

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Nair: Ford Considering CVTs For Future Applications

Ford is considering giving the B&B’s least favorite transmission type another go for future applications.

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Audi Leaves CVTs Behind For Dual-Clutch Automatics

CVT haters, rejoice: Audi’s latest set of Multitronic CVTs will be the automaker’s last.

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Nissan's D-Step Tweaks CVTs To Act More Like Traditional Automatics

CVTs aren’t the most popular of transmission options around despite its improvements to fuel efficiency and ride on a vehicle so equipped. Nissan hopes an upcoming software tweak will change a few minds, however.

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  • V8fairy Not scared, but I would be reluctant to put my trust in it. The technology is just not quite there yet
  • V8fairy Headlights that switch on/off with the ignition - similar to the requirement that Sweden has- lights must run any time the car is on.Definitely knobs and buttons, touchscreens should only be for navigation and phone mirroring and configuration of non essential items like stereo balance/ fade etc>Bagpipes for following too close.A following distance warning system - I'd be happy to see made mandatory. And bagpipes would be a good choice for this, so hard to put up with!ABS probably should be a mandatory requirementI personally would like to have blind spot monitoring, although should absolutely NOT be mandatory. Is there a blind spot monitoring kit that could be rerofitted to a 1980 Cadillac?
  • IBx1 A manual transmission
  • Bd2 All these inane posts (often referencing Hyundai, Kia) the past week are by "Anal" who has been using my handle, so just ignore them...
  • 3-On-The-Tree I was disappointed that when I bought my 2002 Suzuki GSX1300R that the Europeans put a mandatory speed limiter on it from 197mph down to 186mph for the 2002 year U.S models.