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shouldn't a cvt be more tunable than normal automatics? I suspect the driving characteristics reflect the bias typical of Asian manufacturers: gear fast off the line at the expense of highway passing (combined with high revving low torque engines). I have never driven an Asian automatic I could tolerate. Fundamentally, it sells cars: it's impossible to evaluate touring characteristics on a 5 minute test drive, but vrooom off the line... sells cars... IIRC, the gearing for the sticks was similar... I bet if SAAB had made a car with CVT it would be good on the highway... but with a turbo, there's no need...
that subaru is interesting. One of my friends had an old Impreza Outback - a little less raised, but more raised than a normal Impreza and better in snow as a result. He lamented the loss of that model availability in recent years. I bet that XV Crosstrek will be popular here (everyone here drives subarus)... hopefully it handles better than the Forester... that's always the risk with raising the body...
Posts in this Thread:
- Cars with a ride similar to Saab, Paul98CSE, Thu, 4 Oct 2012 06:16:24
- Re: Cars with a ride similar to Saab, D, Fri, 1 Feb 2013 16:54:53
- Re: Cars with a ride similar to Saab, Paul98CSE, Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:55:56
- Subaru XV CrossTrek..., Tom, Thu, 4 Oct 2012 21:23:59
- cvt..., Snowmobile
, Fri, 5 Oct 2012 06:51:11 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Cars with a ride similar to Saab, No Snaab, Thu, 4 Oct 2012 16:04:17
- Re: Cars with a ride similar to Saab, Snowmobile
, Thu, 4 Oct 2012 07:44:40
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