What are people's impression of CVT in the JX, would appreciate if current owners and people who have test driven the JX could comment.
My impressions based on a 10-min test-drive: Accelerated differently, have to say it was smoother than an automatic, but, did exhibit a pronounced hum during normal acceleration, not sure if this is CVT in action (I have never owned a CVT based vehicle).
Did some research found some notable manufacturers have adopted CVT for fuel economy reasons:
examples:
Audi (A4 T, A6 2.0T), Lexus (hybrids: RX400h Lexus GS450H) Suburu (Outback) and of course Nissan (majority of the models including the Maxima!)
Heres an interesting read:
http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/the-cvt-nissans-answer-to-fuel-efficiency-cga.htm
My impressions based on a 10-min test-drive: Accelerated differently, have to say it was smoother than an automatic, but, did exhibit a pronounced hum during normal acceleration, not sure if this is CVT in action (I have never owned a CVT based vehicle).
Did some research found some notable manufacturers have adopted CVT for fuel economy reasons:
examples:
Audi (A4 T, A6 2.0T), Lexus (hybrids: RX400h Lexus GS450H) Suburu (Outback) and of course Nissan (majority of the models including the Maxima!)
Heres an interesting read:
http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/the-cvt-nissans-answer-to-fuel-efficiency-cga.htm