Owners should then read through this manual before operating Nissan Murano vehicle. Nissan realized the advantages of CVTs early on and has worked vigorously to improve their performance since implementing its first CVT on a production model in 1992. Nissan adopted a CVT on a 2.0-liter car for the first time in 1997 and was the world’s first automaker to apply a CVT to a 3.5-liter front-wheel-drive car in 2003.