Sentences with phrase «like traditional automatic»

Nissan's Xtronic CVT is the only available transmission, and the company is bragging about the third generation of «D - step logic,» software that helps the CVT act like a traditional automatic trans.

The trick to the IS F's aggressive shifting is that it only acts like a traditional automatic in first gear.

Nissan says it programmed the CVT to behave like a traditional automatic, making it shift through preset gear ratios when the driver accelerates past three - eights throttle.

Its 260 hp and 240 lb - ft of torque were plenty to pull the Murano up the steepest stretches of this scenic west coast route, but while Nissan's latest CVT tech performs crisper «downshifts» and behaves more like a traditional automatic, this one seemed to have a hard time finding and hanging onto a just - right ratio on the uphill bits.

Subaru tuned the new continuously - variable transmission (CVT) to operate like a traditional automatic, while optimizing fuel economy.

The standard five - speed manual transmission for both engines can be upgraded to an automatic continuously variable transmission that functions like a traditional automatic.

Its CVT is programmed to behave more like a traditional automatic and kicks down once the engine reaches its 6000 - rpm redline.

Back in the transmission's normal mode the shifts are slurred like a traditional automatic gearbox, but the same mighty performance is always on tap regardless of your driving mode.

Out on the road, especially in Sport mode, the CVT never hesitates to bring on big revs without hunting for gears like traditional automatics.

Not exact matches

Like the seven - speed item it replaces, the new unit remains an automatic gearbox with a wet clutch arrangement rather than a traditional torque - converter, or a more sophisticated double - clutch unit prefered by some rivals.

In hybrid electric vehicles, like the Toyota Prius, engine braking is simulated by the computer software to match the feel of a traditional automatic transmission.

More realistically, then, it looks like the solution most manufacturers are choosing is to just increase the number of gears in traditional automatics.

The transmission is AMG's clever seven - speed automatic, but with a clutch pack in place of a traditional torque converter, which allows it to be calibrated to act much like a dual clutch box with both smooth and rapid shifts.

It will go up against the likes of the Tata Nexon and the Mahindra TUV300, both of which also get AMT units as compared to a traditional automatic gearbox.

Regardless of engine, the lone transmission is a 6 - speed automated manual that operates like an automatic; a traditional manual gearbox is not offered.

It uses a CVT (continuously variable transmission) and although these gearboxes usually make the engine sound like it's working particularly hard, this one successfully mimics a traditional automatic gearbox.

The end result is a car that drives like a traditional 6 - speed automatic, but easily gets 31 MPG in mixed driving.

Like other pure electric vehicles, all variants of the car come with automatic / direct drive, so there is no need for a traditional gearbox.

Unlike a traditional transfer case, the Quadra - Trac was a chain - drive system introduced in 1973, for trucks like this one that used AMC's specially adapted TH400 automatic transmission.