Physics for gearheads..or why gear ratios matter

CVT's are awesome.

Imagine a transmission where you always make the best mileage. But you always make the best power. Oh you also are never caught in the wrong gear. The response is always immediate. Etc etc. There's an old article out there (I cant remember the name or author) and its about how for years he preached CVT, that manual and automatics were outdated. That once CVT became the in thing, that would be it. And it was written long before CVT's were even commonly available in any vehicle.