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Audi Elvis Commercial

Here is a German Audi commercial for their Multitronic/cvt transmission.

Excepts from wikipedia.org A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is a type of automatic transmission that can change the "gear ratio" (gears are not generally involved) to any arbitrary setting within the limits. The CVT is not constrained to a small number of gear ratios, such as the 4 to 6 forward ratios in typical automotive transmissions. CVT control computers often emulate the traditional abrupt gear changes, especially at low speeds, because most drivers expect the sudden jerks and will reject a perfectly smooth transmission as lacking in apparent power.

Audi developed a new stepless transmission named Multitronic. This new transmission is stepless because there is no gear change as exhibited on a modern automatic or manual transmission. This transmission was based off of existing CVT but radically changed to transfer power better and reduce power loss even more.


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