The invention discloses a conical friction wheel type automobile continuously variable transmission and belongs to the technical field of automobile transmissions. Power of an engine is transferred through mutual matching of a driving conical friction wheel, a driven conical friction wheel, a forward gear friction wheel, a first reverse gear friction wheel and a second reverse gear friction wheel, the transmission ratio can be continuously changed, and therefore the optimal matching of a transmission system and working conditions of the engine is obtained. Meanwhile, the control mechanism is simple in structure, easy to operate and high in transmission efficiency.