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Nissan CVT Sales Top 1M in 2007
22 April 2008
Global sales of its Nissan’s CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) equipped vehicles topped one million with sales of 1,088,000 in fiscal year 2007, accomplishing one of the targets set under the Nissan Green Program 2010 mid-term environmental plan in December 2006. (Earlier post.)
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| The Nissan Xtronic CVT. |
Sales of CVT-equipped vehicles quadrupled from 250,000 units in FY2004 to 1 million units in FY2007. Currently, CVT represents approximately 28.6% of global sales, compared to 7% in FY2004. CVT penetration varies across the regions, with the highest rate in North America and Japan at 47.4% and 43.8% respectively.
Nissan introduced its first CVT on the March supermini in 1992, and Nissan has continued to promote the multiple-advantages of this technology and expand the deployment of CVT across its global product line-up. In 2002, Nissan engineers adapted the CVT to high-torque engines and delivered a CVT for large displacement engines up to 3.5 liters.
April 22, 2008 in Brief | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by: Neil | April 22, 2008 at 08:58 AM
This is 1 million units per YEAR worldwide. That is quite an achievement. Ford put a CVT on the Freestyle crossover and the public did not like it much. They went back to a more conventional transmission. It is not CVT so much as the design and application. Nissan gambled and won.
Posted by: sjc | April 22, 2008 at 09:01 AM
What Nissan did with their JATCO CVT's is to change the acceleration "feel" of the transmission to minimize the "slipping clutch" feel common to older CVT's. As a result, when you accelerate it does so extremely smoothly and quickly.
Posted by: Raymond | April 22, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Hi Raymond...I have the 3000 pound Dodge Caliber with Jatco CVT which does give the mentioned elegantly smooth ride. All Jatco did was computer limit rpms from 0 to 20MPH. Low speed starts are poor, altho further acceleration beats all comparably powered 4 speed automatic transmissions. Reliability & longevity is v. good.
I'm getting a yearly 31.4MPG even with a cold winter, & averaging 32.7MPG over 4000 foot mountain passes, so people's 'slipping clutch' talk is an effort to demean the CVT. Approach the CVT action as if it were a propellor driven airplane. Acceleration is like a propellor pulling you down the road(runway) with absolutely no jerking. Also like an airplane, the engine stays at the same rpms during acceleration which lessens engine stress. The lesser engine stress is why my mountain pass MPG is 15+% over the EPA MPG. Unlike an airplane, when the Caliber is driven for economy, the engine isn't noisy, rough, & vibrating.
Posted by: litesong | April 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM
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Is this a true CVT? If so, it would be suitable for use in a parallel hybrid.