Audi has addressed these problems with its Multitronic CVT, paired with its all-new 220 ... is the Multitronic's link-type chain. Manufactured by Luk, the 1025-link, 1.4-in.-wide, 3.7-lb.

What is a continuously variable transmission? Is it better to drive, more reliable, more efficient, or better than an ...

A senior Audi engineer has confirmed that the German automaker will soon ditch the controversial continuously variable automatic transmission, which is marketed as Multitronic on Audi vehicles.

For 2015, it seems that the number of CVTs on the road will drop slightly when Audi ditches its Multitronic CVT next year. We’ll call that a win for driving enthusiasts. Currently offered on ...

Volkswagen Group of America’s settlement of a class-action lawsuit over alleged defects in the continuously variable transmissions in thousands of Audi vehicles has received final approval in U ...

But Audi now believes the CVT has reached the end of its development. It intends to phase the CVT out when models that currently offer the transmission are updated or replaced. 2015_audi_a7_01_a7_08 ...

Audi ditches the CVT in favor of an all-new S tronic dual-clutch transmission for the upcoming year. It will be available in addition to a revised, low-friction six-speed manual or an eight-speed ...

At least it doesn't feel like it's shifting. One version of the new Audi A4 comes with something called CVT -- for "continuously variable transmission" -- that eliminates gearshifts as we know them.

And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT ... Kia, Porsche, and /Audi vehicles, as well as (PDK), the new Corvette, and among others.