Are CVT's ready for prime time.

[ballbreaker]

I would like to replace my current car with something new in the next couple months. I have no need for a pickup so my choices are another new car or SUV but my preference is a SUV and I've noticed that some come with a CVT (Nissan X-Trail, Honda HR-V and CR-V).

So far I have only driven the Mazda CX 5 and like the ride. I still plan to test drive the Honda HR-V, Nissan X-Trail and Mitsubishi PJ. The other SUV's I have ruled out.

Vehicles I own currently and in the past were conventional type automatics with 150k+ trouble free miles.

Can I expect the same reliability out of vehicle with CVT?

[otherstuff1957]

Based on the one I cvt car I drove (a Nissan Almera) they are an acquired taste at best.

Now, I admit that I am biased, as I usually drive a stick shift, but I felt that the disconnect between what the driver did with the gas petal and what the cvt felt like doing was quite disconcerting. I expect a car to accelerate when I press the gas petal, I was not happy when the engine revved but the car did not change speed at all!

On the plus side, the rpms dropping down to almost idle when I was cruising down the highway.

[Ace of Pop]

Only the I.8 HRV Honda has the near perfect CVT the Yanks like so much.Never driven one in a Car yet,perhaps in ten years time knowing Honda Thailand's dopey management.The New Civics 3Years old by now.