Transmission Type by Car: CVT, Automatic or Manual / Saturn / IonSaturn Ion Transmission by year YearTransmission20075-speed manual or 4-speed automatic20065-speed manual or 4-speed automatic20055-speed manual or 4-speed automatic20045-speed manual or CVT (continuously variable) or 5-speed automatic2003CVT (continuously variable) or 5-speed automatic or 5-speed manual Source: U.S. EPA / DOE fuel economy data (fueleconomy.gov).