Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 10:59:15 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsizefitterzzzz.com> Subject: Re: GM to increase SAAB lineup
Martin Rich wrote: > > On 18 Apr 2003 18:38:01 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > > >Someone who looks an awful lot like Martin Rich <M.G.Richnopsam.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > >> but relevant if you're > >> interested in CVTs. The first cars made by CVT were made by the Dutch > >> company DAF in the 1960s (or possibly very late 1950s). > > > >Well, maybe one particular design, but I've seen cars from > >the 1920's or earlier, which had a CVT. > > TouchÈ . I should of course have said 'the first car with a CVT that > I know about and that is a direct antecedent to the CVTs being sold > now' > > :-) http://www.geocities.com/dafownersclub/daf1/Brief_Historyx.html Found this nice site. Volvo took control of DAF in 1975 and the DAF 66 became Volvo 66. I remember well the Volvo 343 (1976) which had CVT in the beginning, but only started to sell well when Volvo introduced a manual transmission. However, because of the CVT, that car had kind of a staid OAP image. Johannes
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