Motor Authority: Audi Abandons CVTs, Focuses On Conventional Auto And Dual-Clutch Transmissions
German automaker Audi has decided to kill off its continuously variable transmission, in the next generation of its models. Continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs, have long been available in ...
Audi called its version of a CVT the Multitronic, which was a term first used in an episode of Star Trek in the '60s. The Multitronic transmission was only available in front-wheel-drive A4s, and was ...
Audi has confirmed the current range of constantly variable transmissions (CVT) in its line-up will be the last. Using the name ‘Multitronic’, Audi was one of the first carmakers to develop the CVT ...
We've seen Continuously Variable Transmissions before from automakers like (Justy) and (Civic HX), admired them in concept, but criticized them in practice. There were problems: These CVTs can't ...
Audi has fielded continuously variable transmissions in a number of a its cars, but now the company is reportedly abandoning the technology in favor of dual clutch automatics, according to a report ...
TopSpeed: CVT Transmission: What It Is, How It Works, And What Makes It Different
CVT Transmission: What It Is, How It Works, And What Makes It Different
The demise of the CVT means the current Audi A6 2.0 TFSI and TDI grades on sale will likely come in for an S tronic upgrade soon, while the next-generation Audi A4 due next year will flick the CVT ...
The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...