What is a variator

Each type of gearbox has its own distinctive features. The simplest box is mechanical, it has five speeds. Automation - no more than eight, and the carton-variator is impostor, she has no fixed gears. The torque is very smoothly transmitted from the motor to the wheels of the car. The variator was long used on the motorcycle, and on cars of well-known producers began to be used only in our time. What are the advantages of such a gearbox?

The start of the car and acceleration with such a box will not deliver trouble. The car will gradually gain the speed itself, the engine sound is growing, like powerful cars. And due to the fact that the driver does not spend time on switching the positions of the gear, but simply hens on the gas, his car will overtake on the start, even those machines that have power electric motor.

The car with the variator is very convenient in control. For example, on the traffic light, when you need to stop, and then it is smoothly to move, the car will not stall, at the beginning of the movement, the transportation will not go back on the inertia. This gearbox is convenient for both beginner drivers and for experienced.

No matter how you try, the car with a CVT can not make a dramatic start to slip as his brothers with other PPC. But this can be corrected by using the tiptronic - emulator gear.

Using the variator allows to save fuel, reduce the load on the motor, and with it the less wear vehicle drive elements.

Despite the great advantage of the variator as compared to other checkpoints, it has drawbacks. This system is not installed on cars with a powerful engine, transmission fluid filler is expensive, which can not be replaced by a similar, and it is necessary to monitor (level must always be OK). More expensive repair variator, there are restrictions on the towing of the vehicle, and at least one variator failure sensor will not work correctly.

If you like a calm ride with smooth transitions from one transfer to another, with a minimum of effort (not to switch speeds, do not squeeze the clutch), then select the variator. And many professionals believe that the future is for the variator. And if it is performed further, then the variator will displace the mechanical gearbox.