Funny, I can say the CVT in my Ford Five Hundred does NOT suck. It's a 3700 lb 4-door sedan that get's at least 26 mpg on the highway and no less than 24 mpg in town.
Durability shouldn't be an issue as Ford says they completed over 4 million miles of torture testing, using their 4.6 liter V8 as the mule engine... I've done 15K in the first 4 months of ownership and am all smiles.
Performance is very good for a car this size with a relatively small engine (3.0L V6).
CVT makes perfect sense, I'd love a tiny turbodiesel in place of the gasser, I can see that combo exceeding 30 mpg in real world driving.
I agree. NeXt was mature and ready for primetime (look at the resume).
In any case, BeOS is (was) way cool and much more innovative than anything else out there. Super fast, virtually crash proof (no REALLY) and very easy to use, once you left the LEGACY mindset behind.
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Funny, I can say the CVT in my Ford Five Hundred does NOT suck. It's a 3700 lb 4-door sedan that get's at least 26 mpg on the highway and no less than 24 mpg in town.
Durability shouldn't be an issue as Ford says they completed over 4 million miles of torture testing, using their 4.6 liter V8 as the mule engine... I've done 15K in the first 4 months of ownership and am all smiles.
Performance is very good for a car this size with a relatively small engine (3.0L V6).
CVT makes perfect sense, I'd love a tiny turbodiesel in place of the gasser, I can see that combo exceeding 30 mpg in real world driving.
I agree. NeXt was mature and ready for primetime (look at the resume).
In any case, BeOS is (was) way cool and much more innovative than anything else out there. Super fast, virtually crash proof (no REALLY) and very easy to use, once you left the LEGACY mindset behind.