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Originally Posted by Miller88
My fear with the CVT is that it's going to drive the price up and drive people to other cars, or it's going to hurt reliability. Small cars don't have the greatest reputation for reliablity ... I'd hate to see that continue to happen when GM sticks a bunch of unreliable CVTs in cars.
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Cheap CVT equiped cars have been around for ages - Nissan Micra K11 and K12, Rover 100, various small FIATS, Lancias. Ford even fitted one to the Fiesta in 1987 (although listening to the OHV kent rattle away at high revs would be tiresome...). Merc A-Class, Kei cars from Japan have them too:
Even these super cheap cars have them
List of automobiles with continuously variable transmissions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia