a cone ring transmission , especially for motor vehicles with a front , transverse drive is proposed , having two cones in opposed alignment to one another , rotating on two shafts , the cones being , namely a primary cone and a secondary cone , with an adjustment ring engaging both cones therebetween , the ring contacting one cone and circumferentially encompassing the other cone , with a mechanism to provide ratio adjustment for the adjustment ring , having an arrangement which binds the output drive shaft , i . e . the shaft of the secondary cone with a differential of the motor vehicle and with a start - up element , which binds one of the cones with the motor of the motor vehicle , whereby the torque from the output drive shaft is transmitted to a differential by way of a gear train .