Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
9/16/20 12:23 p.m.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/FFndpKhbPlA

The continuously variable transmission has become increasingly popular with a number of today's car manufacturers, but the CVT is not a recent development.

In fact, one of the first known examples of a CVT transmission is Dutch car maker DAF's "Variomatic" transmission from the late '50s. Although simple by today's standards, watching one function is still pretty entertaining.

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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/24/20 8:27 p.m.

Somewhere I have a DAF patch. Seriously, that DAF. 

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