Interesting read on the Power Split Device

That's cool Tom, I didn't know that either... there's a whole lot about this system that I don't know though, I just like the pretty spinny gears!

Regarding the recent popularity of my PSD demo page, I've been searching around in my web stats and on google too to see who's looking at it, and what they're saying about it. A few of the places it's linked are, not surprisingly, car enthusiast sites. The fun and surprising thing though is that a few articles and comments about it have been written by muscle car enthusiasts who grudgingly admit what a cool and elegant design the HSD (THS-II, for those of you who want to be particular ) transmission is.