2011年5月11日 · We bought a Mini Cooper with the famous CVT gearbox three years ago and it wasn't right from the start, but not having driven a Mini with a CVT we just thought it was the deficiencies of the system. The car was bought with just 14,000 miles on the clock, even though it was an '03 model. The...

2015年3月30日 · Look for a hood scoop (and a supercharger). Can't go wrong with this method unless someone swapped hoods on a normally aspirated model to make it look like a Cooper S. All the auto R50 MINI Coopers have the CVT, (and the non-supercharged 1st gen R52 MINI Cooper convertibles). All the auto R53 MINI Cooper S have the Aisin (as well as the supercharged 1st gen R52 MINI Cooper S convertibles).

2011年3月29日 · my mini cooper r50 cvt is giving me major problems the the rpm needle is floating 2,000-3,500 rpm goin about 45 and sometimes it likes jerks real bad when i slow down right when i stop. and other continuing problems are when i put it in reverse after i start it it jerks, also when i put it in...

2006年10月11日 · How do I know if my 2006 R52 MC has a Gen 1 or Gen 2 CVT box ?First Generation MINI Automatics from 2001 - 2006

2003年9月17日 · Planning to buy a MINI for a third car to be shared with my wife. Am considering a CVT for her ease of use. But before making that choice, would love to hear from owners with CVT ecperience-good and bad. Thanks

2003年2月16日 · Cooper CVT driving technique Here is my understanding of how the US specification Cooper CVT transmission works (minus any technical details from inside the box or software programming), borrowed from a thread in the COOPER section. See comments at the bottom about driving it in different...

2003年4月29日 · Anyone with a CVT had the dreaded EP show up on the digital readout under the speedometer? If so, what was the problem and what was the fix. Mine just came on and the thing shifts terribly.

2004年5月21日 · Download ZF ecoTronic VT1F Automatic Gearbox Description This document is 31 pages and 1.4Mb in a .pdf format. It has a lot of information in it to let us carefully understand the functions and capabilities of the gearbox in the One CVT and Cooper CVT.

2002年12月4日 · Re: CVT shift points In September, I test drove a MINI Cooper w/CVT and remarked to the salesperson how smooth the acceleration was...how there were no discernable "shifts" that could be felt in a typical car with an auto tranny. He replied "yes, that's the nature of CVT, like the name says...continuously variable transmission."

2003年10月26日 · MINI One and MINI Cooper are not the only cars which use the ZF VT1 Continuously Variable Transmission. Let's gather some links and comment on these other cars as one way to understand our MINIs better and drive them more effectively. Based on some discussion in other threads, the ZF VT1 CVT...