I drove a CVT Mini One yesterday for the first time (courtesy car while my One was fixed - new rev counter, plus seats de-squeaked). It was quite a strange experience at first, but I only managed the one accidental emergency stop and fortunately the driver behind wasn't too close.
The Red line for the rev counter is much lower on the CVT than for the manual. I didn't make a note of exactly where it was, but a lot more of the illuminated red lines were showing.
It may be slightly different on a Cooper, but for a CVT One, the revs stay at pretty much 2,000 for constant speed driving up to about 50 mph. Acceleration results in a temporary increase - the faster the acceleration, the higher the revs. I had a bit of a play with the steptronic mode, but didn't really have time to get the hang of it. There was very noticeable engine braking in this mode though.
Ian |