Old school CVT! She was a pioneer. My friend had a Subaru Bratt that lost a wheel going down the mountain once. Rolled right by him. That same friend has a Prius now. Drove it quite a bit while I visited him last year. It is pretty neat, and he was getting 50 MPG with it... can't complain I guess. We also managed to fit quite the load o crap from home depot in it too!