Mirage CVT or 5-speed: which should you get for best gas mileage/fuel economy?

[MetroMPG]

what about a city driving only ( where the cvt would be the best ) comparason in payback

spacester - I added the 100% city comparison.

[Mikhail]

ok but what about the other maintancen higher then manual or normal automatic?
i dont see any beside that oil

Yes, only the oil. The CVT's oil is not that cheap fluid for traditional automatic transmissions. The fluid for CVT is relativity expensive and requires a lot of it. Plus work.

[spacester]

how many liters in a small cvt like the mirage?
and cost per liter or in your case gallons

[Mikhail]

Probably, your owner manual has information about what CVT fluid to use and how much. The full capacity of CVT on my Lancer is about 8 with something liters.

This link is about prices in US
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Mits...92feb1&vxp=mtr

[spacester]

did not get the mirage yet
still looking for it... i dont go over 1 night of ice ;-)

[MetroMPG]

Bumping this thread with new information...

As suspected, the 5-speed appears to have better fuel economy potential over the CVT in sub/urban driving (in the hands of a motivated eco-driver, that is):

See: Gas mileage/MPG test: 2014 Mirage CVT vs. 5-speed (sub/urban Ottawa route)

[grsupercity]

Now if only we could get that longer 5th gear it would beat in highway driving to

[m4v3r1ck]

Yeap, top speed has been tested at 158 km/h but am too focused in the road and speed so i forgot to see at which RPM i was cruising at.

[spacester]

when at 120 its already at 3000 rpm i geuss at 158 the ice would almost blow itself up haha

[samwichse]

From: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post397991

Manual other gear ratios ....96-97%
CVT toroidal ........................93%
CVT belt ..............................88%
Automatic ...........................86%

I wonder if the Mirage has a band type or a toroidal type CVT.