• commandar@kbin.social
      14·
      8 months ago

      The transmission in those things is an amazing level of suck, too. It’s this bizarre automatic manual thing that’s just awful to drive.

      • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
        12·
        8 months ago

        Porsche measures their automatic gear changes in milliseconds. Smart measures them in geologic time scales.

        I truly don’t understand why they didn’t put a CVT in those 2nd generation cars (the ones sold in North America). It’s the perfect application! Small car, not a lot of power, efficiency minded.

        • StaticFalconar@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 months ago

          If the smart car was made today it probably would have a cvt. But an extremely budget car back then, cvts weren’t as common.