CVT2/CVT3

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CVT2

Continuously Variable Transaxle (CVT2) and Continuously Variable Transaxle with Low Range (CVT2L) These combinations are available on Compass and Patriot. A wide ratio spread from launch gear to overdrive provides good launch characteristics accompanied by low engine speed on the highway for quiet operation. Continuously optimizing ratios deliver smoother operation in city traffic, on hills and while pulling a trailer. CVT2 contributes to a fuel economy improvement of 6-8 percent compared with a traditional 4-speed automatic. The CVT2L transaxle with a unique final drive for added low-speed capability. Available on Patriot 4WD, the CVT2L offers added low-speed capability launch with the 19.1:1 low-crawl ratio range and it will maintain that ratio until the vehicle reaches a speed of 10 mph (16 km/h) or more — providing the torque required for successfully crawling forward or in reverse over rocks and conquering off-road events. Compass Limited’s CVT2 transaxle has an available AutoStick® mode. A +/− gate for manual ratio selection is provided at the shifter’s Drive position. When the driver shifts the transaxle into AutoStick mode, the transaxle selects the next lower of the six ratios from whatever the ratio had been in Drive. When the driver nudges the lever to change the ratio, the transaxle quickly transitions to the next preprogrammed ratio, up or down. In AutoStick mode, the ratio will not change until the driver moves the lever, unless the maximum engine speed is reached. In this way, the AutoStick mode simulates the operation of a stepped automatic transaxle. Transmission Gear Ratios 2.349:1 continuously to 0.394:1 variable Reverse 1 .75:1

Info courtesy of [Corwin Churchill Motors.com]

Rustywrangler 21:19, 2 November 2007 (CDT)