Oh - for those who are wondering WTF we're talking about: CVT = continuously variable transmission = no shifting... the transmission adjusts automatically as you accelerate (picture a belt that is riding on a cone and can move up and down the cone to provide infinite gear choices.. I don't think this is how they really work - but it gives you the visual). It's an odd feeling riding in one... you keep waiting for that little shift-jerk and it never comes.