CTV is not only a turn off for enthusiasts, its a sales problem.
Isn't the Civic the top selling car in Canada?
Yes. Despite losing that segment of the car buying public, however small, that won't even enter a Honda showroom because of CVT. And that segment is the most likely to buy the top of the line model too = higher gross margins.
Honda isn't bothered. They made their (CVT) decision and they are sticking to it!
Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru ... all of them .. all!! ... have CVT's nowadays. Mazda and VW are the only ones to offer compacts with real automatics, yet the buying public is gobbling them up, as so-so Mazda and VW sales demonstrate.
Even for us car guys the end is inevitable...