I test drove an AWD EcoSport a few days ago and put it into paddle-shift mode to see what that was like. I am new to CVT.
In first gear, I took the car up to 3000RPM and flipped the paddle to second gear. But it was as if the car had remained in first gear, even though the gear light now showed "2". The RPMs did not drop slightly, for a brief moment, as they normally would when changing gears in a non CVT transmission, but continued to climb. The engine was very loud in second gear at 3000RPM
Is this behavior normal? Should the shift from first to second occur much sooner?
In first gear, I took the car up to 3000RPM and flipped the paddle to second gear. But it was as if the car had remained in first gear, even though the gear light now showed "2". The RPMs did not drop slightly, for a brief moment, as they normally would when changing gears in a non CVT transmission, but continued to climb. The engine was very loud in second gear at 3000RPM
Is this behavior normal? Should the shift from first to second occur much sooner?