I’d love to hear your impression of the CVT
I’ll tell you mine. The CVT is all that it’s cracked up to be. Very smooth, very reliable. This is in my Subaru by the way. I’m a big fan.
I’ve only driven CVT-equipped cars from Nissan and Subaru. Initial impression was a little disturbing, as if the transmission was slipping. The engine revs right up and the car catches up to it. That feeling went away fairly quickly as I became accustomed to it, though. It’s smoother and quicker to downshift and far less obtrusive than a similar 5 speed automatic would be. Considerable improvement on the gas mileage as well.