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It has a manual mode with 6 different ratios.
Not a specific control of lockup, unless I haven't figured it out yet, but no button to disengage. It will disengage if you give it enough accelerator pedal percentage, but it does not do it unless you go far beyond any normal range for best mileage.
You can shift to neutral at any speed with the neutral position on the gear selector and it does unlock the converter when you shift back into drive while you are moving. At 50 MPH if you shift in neutral, then back into drive it will be at 1100 RPM until you apply some throttle, then it will lock up and the revs will rise as you accelerate. The re engagement is perfectly smooth at any reasonable speed, even Interstates at 65 MPH.
I did some low speed (30 MPH average) pulse and engine on glide and was able to get just below 60 MPG, but I would be afraid of shutting the engine off.
It has a bar graph for instant fuel mileage, an average mileage and speed reading, range till empty. these are available by a button on the dash beside the steering wheel.
The transmission fluid is specially designed to provide grip for the CVT's steel belt and the pressure and friction of the cogs on the pulley faces actually changes the viscosity of the fluid to promote traction.
Top gear is about 2200 RPM at 72 MPH, about 3k at 100, but I have never been that fast.
1500 at 50 MPH.
The cruise control does not change the engine RPM around here where the grades are small, just adds or reduces throttle to compensate for the grade changes.
regards
Mech
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