Automotive news about anything should be fine here. But when someone posts a really old article... well, I think the question about whether he works for Nissan is fair. He doesn't have to answer. But there's no need to get defensive.

After all, people who don't want to read about Altimas can skip the tread easily enough.

When I first clicked on this thread, I thought that it was maybe a new test.

 

and I stand corrected and if thats how you feel about your work and who knows about it. Thats fine with me but like said about the internet on the other side of the monitor you get someone that says "hey that guys working for Nissan but wont admit it..he suckes anyways" know what Im saying..

and the license to be a tool..ehhh you get that with everythign you deal with..internet, work, friends, family...basically life..and thats how people deal with arguments..and you gotta ignore them..and the thing that got me is you repeated in diffrent ways the me personally thats like the guy (!! NOT YOU!!) whos the little dweeb in the office that stands there with his hands on his side and does somethign his co owrkers dont like and he redirects it to the management..to me man I was like wow..your free to write whatever you want here..thats the beauty of this forum..but you get the good bad and ugly on here also..and thats just my observation..like I said no one know the person on the other side of the screen..its just going by what they type and that can be misread by many diffrent people..especially if they have blind loyalty..to anything..

 

Caps94ZODG,

I hear you.

The reason I've said "take it up with Jason or Chris" is simply that the question of who I work for is irrelevant; it’s also become a VERY tired and old issue.

It’s also obvious that the only reason it’s important to some is because they are either intellectually incapable of carrying on a true dialogue or too lazy to do so and are looking for an easy and very shallow way to dismiss anything I say that they don’t agree with rather than actually support their points and opinions.

I’ve also started to refer such people to the admins because the question simply isn’t an appropriate question unless the TOS is going to be changed. I’m as qualified and have as much right to be a member and a contributor to this board as anyone here…to the best of my knowledge, no one here is required to publicly reveal their name, address, employer or any other personal detail…nor is it required that members be old enough to hold a DL let alone own or have ever owned an F-body or any other GM vehicle.

Hundreds of sub-industries touch if not outright depend on the automotive industry but an individual is an individual and unless he is a formal spokesperson for his/her company, then who that individual works for is simply not information that anybody should be required to give nor should what they have to say be slammed simply cecause the information or opinion isn't liked.

 

I'm sorry if there was any confusion; I realized the article wasn't “brand new” and I wasn’t trying to deceive anybody – I thought the subject was pertinent now both for the reasons I cited a few posts ago and because the subject of the article is just now going on sale.

 

I honestly don’t know if they are identical; they may be. Safe to say the basic technology is at least very similar. CVT technology seems to be something Nissan engineers have latched onto and really believe in; and that they keep working on and improving.

How widely CVTs will be accepted by the public or how sturdy they’ll be in the long term is pretty hard to say. As I said in an earlier, it’s somewhat like the transition that happened when automatic transmissions were “new” and just making inroads into more and more models until we’ve reached the point where only a small percentage (something like only 3% or 4% if memory serves) of all new cars sold have standard/manual transmissions today.

 

As far as weather or not the CVT's between models are the same, yes and no. The CVT in the Murano is just a standard CVT built to fit that vehicle. Same goes for the Sentra and Versa, just a standard CVT. Now the new Altima and Maxima and this may be optional on the Sentra get the Xtronic CVT which is a sport version of the CVT. It has an optional auto stick feature like the previous Altima but is programed with sportier gear ratio points.

Now your probably wondering, Gear ratios? In a CVT?. Yes the CVT's still have "gear ratios". Each can be programed with any amount of ratios for the belt and pulley system to go to. Such as with the auto stick feature if you down shift you will down shift to that gear ratio say from "4th" to "3rd". I believe ours have 4 or 5 forward speed ratios and then the reverse ratio. Now the transition between these is where the Continously Variable comes in.

The belt is actually a chain that pushes the pulleys not pull them. I thought that was rather interesting.

I also got some time with our new Altima today! I didn't get the chance to drive it but I did play with it. The interior quality is far beyond the previous car. Its all new. Everything. The push button start is really nice and gives it a real cool factor. The Altima also has a monitor to monitor the battery life in the I-Key. The I-Key, for those that dont know, is the key fob that allows you to enter and start the car without having to take your keys out of your pocket or purse. It will put up a warning on the screen and there is an I-Key Port that you can put the I-Key in and it will alow you to start the car if the battery dies in the fob. Now in the Altima you can NOT start the car with out actually having the key fob present. In the Murano, Maxima, and the Versa you can insert a key into the ignition to start it. Those cars also do not have the battery life monitor. Back to the Altima, the trunk is huge! I also noticed the changed the headlights so they are not so much like the old Maxima. Now the headlamps with the HID Projectors may look different. And the taillights are really cool.

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to explain the CVT and give my impressions on the new car since this is the first we got them in.