Just last night a co-workerhasone for a rental I asked to
drive it to see what it was about.I get in put it in drive felt it shift
then when i got on it rpm's climb to shift point and thats when It stood at 6000 but kept
gaining speed is it supposed to do this felt likedriving a Saturn
with there pulley system transmission.

 

its normal its a ctv tranny

 

1. Please learn to use periods to separate your sentences. It took me ten minutes to figure out what you were saying.

2. It's called a CVT, or contiuously variable transmission ( or transaxle ).

3. Yes, it is supposed to do that. I just wish they would have set that hold point at about 5800 rpm where the actual peak power is. Those extra 200 rpm just make slightly less power and use more gas. But, maybe that's just my opinion, I don't know.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

As noted in the owner's manual there is a "detent point" where the engine will either stay at a lower rpm (in from experience it is about 3500 rpm) during acceleration, or go all the way to 6000 in order to use the maximum power depending how far you push the pedal. BTW the maximum HP is at 6,400 rpm (not 5,800) with the 2.0L engine.

I find that in city driving there might be another range where the engine goes to about 2200 during "soft" acceleration, like when moving slowly in the traffic.

Most people are used to automatic transmissions with gears, going to a CVT may require some adaptation in the way we drive and use the engine's capabilities.

 

It takes some getting used to. I use the slapstick a lot myself.