Toyota's new subcompact will use Mazda's Skyactiv engine

[JustPassinThru]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Also, try (in a pinch) to compression start an automatic. I've been told that, technically, it is possible....but I've never seen it happen.

You mean, push-start?

That ended with the Power-Glide. Chevrolet's old two-speed automatic could be push-started...I can't imagine how that worked, but the old-timers say it was possible. The then-new-in-the-1960s corporate TurboHydraMatic, used across all GM car lines and even with International Harvester and Kaiser Jeep, did away with that flow circuit. A THC automatic being pushed to start would play dumb, right until the bearings burned for lack of lubrication.

I have never heard of a Toyota automatic being able to be push-started. It's not like it might be a hidden-feature; it has to be designed in, with flow pumps that work both ways, from input either on the engine side or the output shaft.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

You mean, push-start?

Yeah. Over the years (with different cars), if I had a situation where the car wouldn't quite turn over and start, I always knew that (if the car had a manual transmission) I could push the car, gain some momentum, get in the car, put it in gear, and let out the clutch to start the car. Most of the cars I've had with manual transmissions have been small, relatively light cars. I like knowing this is a possible easy solution to being stranded, and I have (at times) utilized this procedure.