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Originally posted by Hudson
The American Echo is not offered with a CVT. The only modern CVTs sold in the US have been in the Insight, Prius, and Subaru Justy.
Newer CVT designs allow for more torquey engines. They will be arriving in just a couple of years.
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Don't forget the Honda HX CVT... they've been around quite a while longer than the Insights. I'm sure the Insight looked back to the HX CVT when in the design stages.
My question is that if torque is the problem, why don't they just build a motor with an incredibly short stroke, and a bulletproof valvetrain, and rev it out to 15k rpm... then equip it with a CVT. Sure it won't take a lot of torque, but you don't need torque when you can rev to 15 grand.