What is the easiest way to make motoring reporters cringe? Tell them theyll be driving a car with continuously variable transmission, or CVT for short.
It turns out Chery customers and the motoring media have something in common. According to feedback from the Chinese carmakers research team, Chery Tiggo 4 Pro CVT owners have expressed their desire for sportier transmission and a better fuel-efficient consumption option.
This prompted Chery to introduce a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox used to the Tiggo Pro 4 1.5T LiT and 1.5T Elite derivatives. The box is hooked up to a 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine that sends 108kW of power and 210Nm of torque to the front wheels.
Chery Tiggo 4 Pro offers choice of threeChery Tiggo Pro 4 buyers will now be spoiled for choice as the 10-strong model range will still feature CVT and manual options. But after spending a week in the 1.5T Elite DCT recently, The Citizen Motoring reckons the DCT models will be sought-after.
To be honest, the DCT is not entirely perfect, but it is nonetheless an upgrade from the CVT. Anybody and everybody in a hurry that has ever driven a CVT will attest to this. The moment you need more urge, the noisier the CVTs gear-simulations get. Up to a point where the engines monotonous cacophony gets worse than reality-show created pop stars.
