Q U O T A T I O N S
The picture below as well as the comments at its right (from "Science and Invention Encyclopedia"), are placed in this page as an indication of the efforts of the Automotive Industry towards the development of a CVT type of transmission. Unfortunately, the design shown here, like its precedetors, proved to be cumbersome, prone to failure, massive and nonsuitable for high power engines. However, one should notice its high efficiency, reaching an impresive 94% . Our C.V.T. design does not implement power robbing belts and pulleys, thus providing even higher efficiency.

The ILLUSTRATED SCIENCE and INVENSION ENCYCLOPEDIA
Such mechanism is limited in its capacity, and is at present suitable only for cars of fairly low power. In such applications its high mechanical efficiency is important. Mechanical efficiency is the ratio of the work output of a machine to the work input and for the Variomatic is in excess of 90% over most of the working range, reaching a maximum of 94%.

The following are direct quotations from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
FUEL SAVINGS :
 "A possible substitute for current transmissions is the continously variable transmission (CVT), which has an infinitely variable set of gears for close matching between engine speed and engine load.
Laboratory models indicate a possible savings of as much as 20 percent."

ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT :
"Engines that burn fuel more efficiently can reduce the volume of emmissions while they economize on gasoline." (Rem. C.V.T. "forces" the engine to burn fuel more efficiently).