The ecvt transmission in the hybrid is so much better than the 8 speed (cvt). Just a much smoother ride as ya really can’t feel any gear change on the hybrid (other than the combustion engine turning on and off). Also the gas has a bit of a delay of accelerating, hybrid with the electric motors has no delay and feels so much more responsive.
The eCVT is super smooth to drive. The wife loves how smooth it is.
The eCVT is probably the best transmission in terms of reliability that exist right now.
the 1.8 + eCVT is indestructable, there’s Auris with 5-600K doing Uber and Bolt with no issues.
If you take care of it and follow some basic rules (like N while waiting in traffic, let engine get to optimum temp on cold start and regular maintenance) Kia have learned their lesson and tuned the transmission and engine to a point where DCT + 1L turbo engine is not a big concern nowadays. All the fear about DCT and turbo petrol is exaggerated.
Not blown up yet.
2005 model, bought used 2015 at 68,000 miles (109,000km) and still have at 235k mi (378k km).
Insufficient pressure causing slipping if trying to accelerate in reverse. Will reverse at idle fine. Been like that since I got it, no better or worse now. No issues forwards. No juddering of start clutch. Drain/refill of CVT-F every 25k mi (40k km).
Will repair it as necessary when it fails.
Avoid the version with CVT transmission, GM's CVT is not durable.
My wife had a Nissan Cube that had a CVT transmission and it was fucked. I don’t know what was wrong with it but sometimes after stopping at a red light and you’d go to accelerate you could have your foot down to the floor and it would just drag ass then WHAM you’d start flying. My wife almost killed us a couple of times from that happened turning in intersections.
Nissan makes the WORST CVT transmissions EVER. Every Nissan I've ever seen, especially the Altima's, eventually do this crap.
I love the wrx but hate the cvt!
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