Power - I'm not sure whether this is a characteristic of CVT or all the new Saga models, it seems that whenever I press the pedal there is a very noticable delay before the engine reacts (loud noise but no acceleration until a moment later). I remember experiencing the same thing when I test drive the 1.3 FL though I didn't really push it that time. The acceleration is satisfying and it can go uphill without breaking a sweat (On the same slope my Waja would huff and puff abit). The noise was quite loud I thought I was going very fast, but the speedo only show 120km/h Acceleration delay and the noise would be my only complain as far as power is concerned.

lol...3 sec is like not safe to drive already
cross roundabout will surely crash
its 0.5 sec only
but the new part CVT oil pump and clutch adaption should solve that prob already

Power - I'm not sure whether this is a characteristic of CVT or all the new Saga models, it seems that whenever I press the pedal there is a very noticable delay before the engine reacts (loud noise but no acceleration until a moment later). I remember experiencing the same thing when I test drive the 1.3 FL though I didn't really push it that time. The acceleration is satisfying and it can go uphill without breaking a sweat (On the same slope my Waja would huff and puff abit). The noise was quite loud I thought I was going very fast, but the speedo only show 120km/h Acceleration delay and the noise would be my only complain as far as power is concerned.

fuuuu... just left this thread for not even one week, the pages grow more than 10 pages dy. btw, just back from terengganu where my work site is. i've rent a saga fl 1.3 that day, the performance is far compare to my flx 1.3. flx pickup is far better, and during cruising at 100 kmph, rpm for fl is 3,000 rpm meanwhile flx is only 2,300 rpm. full tank for fl can get around 300 km only while flx can achieve nearly 400 km.

btw, read thru all the pages previously, the 1.6 flx will also got some delay when accelerate because that's the characteristic of cvt since the pedal is electronic type... anyhow compare cvt to auto transmission, cvt get a better 0 to 100 kmph because there's no loss of power during cruising.

the delay is due to cvt system is doing calculation for the gear shifting.. but the delay less than a second

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Added on December 1, 2011, 1:06 pmbut what I realise delay in automatic transmission compare to cvt, the AT delay is more noticeable