While waiting for my Micra, my dealership was generous in offering me a loaner, which was an Altima with the CVT. Anyone who believes an auto trans is faster in accelerating than a CVT either has a terribly underpowered engine, or is out to lunch. In the Altima, it would take me to the sweet spot in the engine, and just keep me there until I realized the excessive velocity I was propelling myself at. Without gear shifts, it's easy to lose track of how fast you're going until traffic travelling in the same direction starts to feel like oncoming traffic.