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Automatic fearbox?
We have driven automatics for the last 30 years. 25 years with Toyota and no real problems other than disappointment in my wife's Yaris multimode "automatic" gearbox. I am about to change my first generation Corolla Verso automatic (best car ever) for the verso 1.8 TR M-drive S. I have driven it and it feels just like any automatic I have ever driven but I am picking up comments that the CVT is not as good as a conventional automatic gearbox. Any reassuring words, or otherwise? Having been disappointed in the Yaris multimode automatic gearbox I am nervous.
Asked on 26 June 2010 by NL, via e-mail
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It’s actually the nicest Verso drivetrain. Reassuring video test at
www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/road-tests/toyota/toyota...t (starts with the diesel, finishes with the much better 1.8 Valvematic Multidrive S).
www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/road-tests/toyota/toyota...t (starts with the diesel, finishes with the much better 1.8 Valvematic Multidrive S).
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