It seems to me that Top Gear has not got its story straight on this -- if
the gearbox is continuously variable you don't need to 'change' gears --
hence no control is required. You might want a 'performance' or 'economy'
setting, but even this should not really be required on a CVT.
I have to admit my knowledge of CVTs is dated -- There was a project at the
Lucas Research Centre working on a CVT controller in the late 70's when I
was there.
Simon
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>Kai M. Radicke -- kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu
>Not the only Triumph TR6 @ Ithaca College
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>http://www.topgear.com/news/current/news005/story.html
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>MGF steps out
>
>LONDON, 20 July 99: The shape remains the same, but the Rover MGF is about
>to develop a rather nifty wheel-mounted gearchange system called
>'Steptronic'.
>Available as an option on the 1.8i model, MG's new Continuously Variable
>Transmission (CVT) can be used as an automatic, a semi-automatic straight
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