I'm not saying half of the people here would actually have the money for it, but would be interested in it. Theres a butt of people here that couldnt afford the tranny alone, but what I meant was the people that could afford it. If I could afford an Elise and the tranny was availible, and as I said earlier was reliable, strong, real, etc. then I'd concider it as a mod.

About that CVT article: I'm not surprised that they are dropping it because I remember chevy and ford starting to research a 6spd auto since their current autos suck, and just plain dont have the time/money to continue with their CVT. In fact I didnt know the Ion even had it. Anyways, dont forget Nissan bought some of Toyota's hybrid technology, and probably including their CVT, so the Sentra that comes out will probably use it too. Also dont forget that the RX400h and Toyota Highlander hybrids will have CVTs, as will the Toyota Volta it seems.