AWD in racing

[Per Lindgren]

Tom Nas wrote:

> Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> >I do. They almost define the word CUTE. Especially if painted in bright
> >colors, like orange with a pale yellow or beige roof. Fit right in there
> >with the original (and come to think of it, the new "BMW") Morris Mini.
>
> The belts-and-pulleys continuously-variable drive was pretty innovative and
> well-made. Unfortunately, DAF became known as a pensioner's car (mainly old
> and handicapped people drove them) and they never recovered from that
> negative image- even when they started installing Renault engines instead
> of the weak 2-cyl boxers they used to make. Those cars were light and fast,
> and they swapped 'cogs' like no-one else could. Pity, because it set back
> development of the CVT transmissions for years.
>

The CVT system's biggest fault was that the belts were exposed to the elements,
a problem Volvo never addressed after they aquired ownership of DAF in the 70s.

Ford Fiesta and Subaru Justy were two cars avilable with CVT around 1990, they
were both governed in reverse though....

>
> MAC: One of the companies currently developing the CVT system is Audi. When
> tested against a similar-spec slush A6, the CVT-equipped A6 comfortably
> out-accelerated the other car.

That is the Multitronic gearbox, right?

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3