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" If there is one transmission that has the most detractors, it&amp;#039;s the continuously variable transmission, or CVT.  It&amp;#039;s criticized for how it sounds, how it operates, and how it feels. The main criticism is that it feels unnatural compared to the gearboxes that were used to. Thing is, the CVT is actually one of the best gearboxes that you can have in a car. It&amp;#039;s so good, that when it was first used in an F1 car by Williams, it was banned because of the advantage it&amp;#039;d give. And that&amp;#039;s because a lot of the CVT on the market are inherently compromised, because people just don&amp;#039;t understand them. In reality, a CVT can keep the engine in its powerband, like it can hold peak torque for longer, or peak horsepower.  Now, I&amp;#039;m not an engineer. Not close. But Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained certainly is, and he can explain why the CVT is actually a superb concept and transmission way better than I ever could. Here&amp;#039;s why it&amp;#039;s so great:        "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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