Nissan did this a while ago in response to customer complaints. People were complaining about the lack of power and acceleration in cars with CVTs, so instead of actually fixing the problem, Nissan introduced programming in their car that simulates shifting. When you get on the freeway and floor the accelerator to get up.to speed, the revs will go up to about 5 or 6k and then will “downshift” to 2-3k while “shifting” through gears. Anybody that knows what a CVT actually is knows there are no gears to shift and acceleration should be happening at a constant engine RPM.
Basically, people are too dumb to realize they bought a horrendously underpowered shitbox, so Nissan gave those people the equivalent of visual cues and some engine noises to make them feel better about it.
Nissan did this a while ago in response to customer complaints. People were complaining about the lack of power and acceleration in cars with CVTs, so instead of actually fixing the problem, Nissan introduced programming in their car that simulates shifting. When you get on the freeway and floor the accelerator to get up.to speed, the revs will go up to about 5 or 6k and then will “downshift” to 2-3k while “shifting” through gears. Anybody that knows what a CVT actually is knows there are no gears to shift and acceleration should be happening at a constant engine RPM.
Basically, people are too dumb to realize they bought a horrendously underpowered shitbox, so Nissan gave those people the equivalent of visual cues and some engine noises to make them feel better about it.