immessedup17 wrote:
SomeGuy wrote:
CVT = Continuously Variable Transmissions. They don't have "speeds" or "gears" or even a clutch. Nissan uses them in many of their vehicles.
The transmissions in the Malibu-Regal are conventional 6 speed automatics. Yes, they do have "Manual Tap Shift" and whatnot but that doesn't make them CVT's. A CVT is mechanically different from a standard multi-speed transmission. The last GM car to use a CVT was the first few model years of the 1st Gen. Saturn VUE.
You're mixing up manumatic 'CVT' transmissions (Malibu and Regal) with semi-automated 'DSG' transmissions (VAG, BMW, Ford, Mitsubishi), but you are correct. After looking into it, they are VVT transmissions. Unusual that VVT transmissions would have manual shift... My Fit was CVT. CVT should be the standard by now.
I'm not mixing up anything.
CVT = Continuously Variable Transmission. Completely mechanically different than a standard multi-speed transmission. A "Manumatic CVT" would be something in the Nissan Maxima, a car with an actual CVT that lets the driver select certain fixed ratio's and not actual gears for the obvious reason that a CVT doesn't have set gears or any conventional gears at all, for that matter.
VVT = Variable Valve Timing. It's not a type of transmission.
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REGAL STANDARD EQUIPMENT GROUP INCLUDES:
The 2012 Buick Regal is a sport-injected performance sedan with a standard 2.4L ECOTEC VVT 4-Cylinder engine, and an optional 2.4L 4-Cylinder engine with eAssist Technology. Inside its doors, French-seam stitched seating and infotainment technology are illuminated by ice-blue ambient lighting.
I think you're confusing what a CVT actually is and what a conventional automatic with a manual shift mode lets the driver do concerning up/down shifting. A conventional 6spd auto that lets you choose your gear lets the driver select certain gears ratios continuously and in a variable way but it isn't a CVT. A CVT is a whole different animal.
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