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CVT is available in the Honda Civic, Honda Jazz Hybrid, Honda Insight and Honda CRZ replacing the conventional 'automatic' transmission. CVT fully complements these low emission engines. The transmission automatically selects a gear which is nearest to the current road speed.
A continuously variable automatic transmission, or CVT, uses pulleys and a belt to automatically and seamlessly change gear ratios to maintain engine speed in an optimum range.In contrast, a conventional automatic transmission has a fixed number of gears, from four to as many as seven or eight.ith some transmission/engine combinations, the changes in engine speed can be dramatic with each shift, and the shifts can be slow or abrupt. A CVT changes gear ratios in a linear fashion based on engine speed, so you probably will never notice it changing gears.