I love the cvt on my Vespa. It's especially useful when the traffic is busy. I think that you have to want it and drive with it. I roll the throttle and match the speed for smooth progress. Or it's quite happy at full throttle from standstill, perfect
I've just driven one of these, although in a Mk4. My parents have a couple of them for 15 years, but I'd never actually driven one on the road until now. There can't be that many others left now. I've never driven another automatic car that takes as much care to drive, but you get used to it. They do not like to sit in D or R with the foot on the brake. Try that with the current one and it will just stall. You have to select neutral before coming to a stop otherwise you'll wear it out in no time. When setting off, it helps not to press the brake too firmly, just enough to let the car roll forwards a little bit when you select D without it lurching. You just have to keep in mind that it wants to go all the time. If you look after them, you might get about 80,000 miles out of it. They don't tolerate high mileage at all, which is a bit of a shame because on the motorway it's nicer than the manual, the revs drop down really low as you see in this video and so it's fairly relaxed and quiet for a fiesta.
I had one and had it parked on a steep hill, there was a car in front of me so I coudn't just let it roll down. The car didn't have enough power to reverse uphill, I had to rev up the motor in neutral and force it to reverse and it kicked back enough for me to get out. Other than that it was an odd but fun experience to drive one, it was weird because as said in the video you rev up the engine and then gearbox catches up to the engine speed much like a scooter.
Mines same now I've got it to 61,000 miles I have floored it in reverse it didn't go 80 but she raced off and terrified the other car driver I was reversing for they took a good while to catch up 🤣
Fiesta CTX's are like a big go kart. I drove one of these sometime ago. I liked it but i was put off by its stiff throttle and had a constant worry about the gearbox going bang
The Rover CVT version was awful for reliability, I only managed 12k miles between gearbox rebuilds. The only variable transmission gearbox worth bothering with is the Toyota hybrid version.
OMG I remember these things, honestly they were nothing but trouble. The local gearbox specialist was kept busy with them for sure, he said to me once that an owner would be lucky to get 30000 miles out of one before a rebuild or replacement was necessary. I know Ford tried all sorts of different fluids and service procedures to make them work, but I think the design was a flawed one from the start...
I wonder why the the people in the background (1:12) and foreground(1:41) are running at the beginning and If anyone pulled out on a cyclist like that today they'd go nuts(5:26) lol love your channel tho
The first car with a belt CVT was 1879. It was much simpler to build than a manual geared transmission, and far easier to drive before they invented synchros.
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@5:27 Think he was trying to take that cyclist out.....
I had a 1.1L CTX in 1987, my first car. All my friends wanted to borrow it all the time for the unique CTX driving experience.
D931 UAR scraped in 1999 whilst D946 UAR was SORN in 2016
nw8000 yes I had to look that up too
nw8000 it became untaxed in 1999.....doesnt mean it was scrapped.....yes thats scrapped not scraped lmfao
I love the cvt on my Vespa. It's especially useful when the traffic is busy. I think that you have to want it and drive with it. I roll the throttle and match the speed for smooth progress. Or it's quite happy at full throttle from standstill, perfect
My first car was an E reg fiesta Ghia but with the 1.4 engine. This video brought back memories of its interior.
I've just driven one of these, although in a Mk4. My parents have a couple of them for 15 years, but I'd never actually driven one on the road until now. There can't be that many others left now.
I've never driven another automatic car that takes as much care to drive, but you get used to it. They do not like to sit in D or R with the foot on the brake. Try that with the current one and it will just stall. You have to select neutral before coming to a stop otherwise you'll wear it out in no time. When setting off, it helps not to press the brake too firmly, just enough to let the car roll forwards a little bit when you select D without it lurching. You just have to keep in mind that it wants to go all the time.
If you look after them, you might get about 80,000 miles out of it. They don't tolerate high mileage at all, which is a bit of a shame because on the motorway it's nicer than the manual, the revs drop down really low as you see in this video and so it's fairly relaxed and quiet for a fiesta.
Country lanes on a weekend 😂
Couldn’t do that today without stress
I had one and had it parked on a steep hill, there was a car in front of me so I coudn't just let it roll down. The car didn't have enough power to reverse uphill, I had to rev up the motor in neutral and force it to reverse and it kicked back enough for me to get out. Other than that it was an odd but fun experience to drive one, it was weird because as said in the video you rev up the engine and then gearbox catches up to the engine speed much like a scooter.
I have one, and have no problem overtaking, going up hills, or in reverse, and it is quite capable of holding its own on the motorways.
There must some sort of limiter to prevent doing 85 mph in reverse ?
Not that I am aware, I did floor it in reverse once and it scared the life out of me.
Are those the words of Top Gear magazine?
Mines same now I've got it to 61,000 miles I have floored it in reverse it didn't go 80 but she raced off and terrified the other car driver I was reversing for they took a good while to catch up 🤣
i had a nissan micra cvt 95 m reg and it drove pretty well
Well done, Tony.
Beautiful fiesta ctx ghia!!!!!
Fiesta CTX's are like a big go kart. I drove one of these sometime ago. I liked it but i was put off by its stiff throttle and had a constant worry about the gearbox going bang
What is the different between the Ford CTX CVT and the Volvo Transmatic CVT (aka VT-1) used in both the Volvo 400 and Rover 100?
The Rover CVT version was awful for reliability, I only managed 12k miles between gearbox rebuilds. The only variable transmission gearbox worth bothering with is the Toyota hybrid version.
@@leepower2717 or the early volvo system taken from daf which was "rough and ready" but was reliable
@@leepower2717 and GM Volt/Ampera Opel /Vauxhall
I’d own both of those Mk2 Ford Fiesta 80’s Cars in 5 Speed Manual Petrol & 1.6 & 1.8 Diesel’s
CTX = CVT ?
Alexandre yup, the CTX was Ford’s own internal designation for it.
This was filmed in Godstone in Surrey .
England at its best.
That's filmed in Godstone, Surrey
I'm not driving a Mini Metro
howdj try and finish the sentence and see what I do
Similar gearbox as was to be found in one of those 3 wheel invacar jobbies.
5.25 he nearly takes out the cyclist.
It’s like system on hubnuts invacar
Uphill runs become power-sappingly mundane, while overtaking National Express coaches can become a long, drawn-out affair.
That's the engines lack of power, the cv transmission is very lively.
@@nickclark6001 The boys are back in the barracks
Not my words Carol, the words of TOP GEAR MAGAZINE!
.....hello?
OMG I remember these things, honestly they were nothing but trouble. The local gearbox specialist was kept busy with them for sure, he said to me once that an owner would be lucky to get 30000 miles out of one before a rebuild or replacement was necessary. I know Ford tried all sorts of different fluids and service procedures to make them work, but I think the design was a flawed one from the start...
Yes so reliable too
are you sure this was aired in 1988...? D reg is 1986-1987 and the cars wouldn't quite have been brand new in 1988.
I wonder why the the people in the background (1:12) and foreground(1:41) are running at the beginning and If anyone pulled out on a cyclist like that today they'd go nuts(5:26) lol love your channel tho
Was this the same guy who provided voiceover for the Sierra Chalk and Cheese video?
Is that Alan Partridge.
So it’s an early CVT.
I love a good shaft don't you?
yes up the back area
why, r u gay?
So a cvt?...
(C)ontinuously (V)ariable (T)ransaxle
(C)ontinuously variable (T)ransa(X)le
Clearly Ford took the logical abbreviation...
CVT is a generic term, CTX is something unique that Ford can trademark. Why did they call it a Ford Fiesta, not Ford B-Segment Hatchback Automobile?
Had one of these transmissions in my Ford Escort MK 6 - the car was fine... the gearbox was garbage.
Tony is a big draw, but wow that Keith Mansfield intro tune is epic.
The transmission was novel, shame the engine it was attached to was antique and the bodywork rusted into oblivion within a few years.
The first car with a belt CVT was 1879. It was much simpler to build than a manual geared transmission, and far easier to drive before they invented synchros.
I can't stand CVT vehicles. At speed to pass someone you hear the engine rev but the power to the tires is weak at best!
These transmissions were garbage... Ford quickly gave up after a couple of lawsuits.