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Toyota Multidrive CVT - is it any good?

How good and reliable is the Toyota Multidrive CVT on the 1.3 2013 Yaris?

Asked on 2 December 2013 by gerhard

Answered by Honest John
No complaints yet. Vastly better then the automated manual they fitted from 2006-2012. Toyota is heavily into CVT in everything from the IQ to the RAV-4.

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