RE: Car transmissions go hi-tech
I'm sorry but those people have no idea what the heck they are talking about on some of these things. CVTs are not better in the fuel economy department. The CVT version of the FWD Five Hundred gets no better fuel mileage than the four-speed Taurus did. CVTs are also less reliable. I know someone who has a Hybrid Escape that uses the CVT and they have had transmission failures before 35,000 miles.
The Corvette now has both a 6-speed auto and a 6-speed manual and the manual still gets 1/1 mpg better city/highway. The 5-speed manual Mustang gets 0/2 mpg better city/highway than the 5-speed automatic. In the economy cars its even a bigger difference.
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