Originally Posted by borgward
I saw the quote below from jalopnik. That's what made me wonder if it was a CVT
"And it's not just a six-speed recycled from some other car. It's a brand-new transmission for the Corolla, Toyota's chief engineer Yoshiki Konishi, told me. It's called the Intelligent Manual Transmission.
Konishi said that they wanted more people to have that fun-to-drive feeling. That widespread appeal also extends to the tactile feedback of the manual. The IMT will have a certain amount of built-in smoothness, because Konishi also added that the engine and shift speeds have been synchronized for a "no shock, very smooth" shift action."
So they are having the engine electronically match it's speed to your up or down shift? Is it a manually shifted dual clutch transmission? The stick shift is actually connected to the transmission like in my Fiesta or TR, or It's just a gadget that makes you think so, but is actually sending signals by wire?
It's a real manual transmission. Relax
Nissan has offered rev-matching on a real manual transmission for 10 years now.
There are good and not-so-good manuals. Honda makes some of the best ones, and there are plenty of awful MT's out there.
Tremec has used a computerized skip-shift feature for 25 years
The Corolla's IMT isn't the Doug Nash you think it is