What is a continuously variable transmission? Is it better to drive, more reliable, more efficient, or better than an automatic? The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around ...

When it comes to transmissions, cars used to fall under two categories: manual and automatic. However, a third type of ...

Continuously Variable Transmission. Those three words are guaranteed to strike dread in the heart of any gearhead who has ever enjoyed a slick-shifting manual transmission or a crisp-shifting ...

Toyota’s rise to automotive highs is well documented. They took the world of endurance racing by storm and pioneered many innovative technologies. Among them, the Direct Shift-CVT transmission. The ...

Photo: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Nissan has been using CVTs in its vehicles for nearly twenty years. The first generation launched in 2002 was met with mixed reviews as some owners reporting multiple ...

Lexus says that cutting the noise made by the CVT is among the improvements made as part of the mid-life facelift for the CT 200h. Chief engineer Chika Kako, Lexus International’s first female chief ...