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Spread the word. The front-passenger seatback also folds horizontally to allow up to eight feet of ladder or oversize linguini to fit inside with all the doors closed. Optional side-curtain airbags will burst forth from the roof pillars during rollovers. Still, the VUE's creators were gunning for budget-minded shoppers and declined to provide some of the features offered in competing vehicles, such as rear disc brakes, a two-piece tailgate, or a fancy folding-seat design although air conditioning and power windows and locks will be standard.
The VUE has a flat floor as in the CR-V, but Saturn engineers, like their counterparts at Ford, traded some rear cargo space to house the spare tire under the floor, while leaving a cavity for the rear differential.
The CR-V's spare is mounted on the rear door. The move keeps the spare clean and should help hold down repair costs in rear-end mishaps, says chief engineer Ortega, but it cuts maximum cargo capacity to 64 cubic feet in the VUE versus 67 in the Honda. Aside from the thermoplastic side panels the hood, the roof, and the tailgate are stamped steel and electric-assist power steering, the VUE's biggest technology opus is its CVT — available only with the hp, 2.
GM started fiddling with the belt-on-two-expanding-pulleys transmission around but didn't schedule one for production until Marketers have dubbed the transmission VTi, for "Variable Transmission, intelligent. The Hydramatic-developed unit transmits power to the wheels via a single push-type drive belt composed of identical steel plates stacked like vertebrae in compression.
The belt wraps around two pulleys that expand and contract under the influence of psi of hydraulic pressure. As one pulley "grows" by cinching the belt tighter so it rides higher in the groove, the other "shrinks" by allowing the belt to ride lower in its groove. The torque-multiplication ratio thus changes between the driving and driven pulleys. Unlike conventional automatics with four or five ratios locked in by their planetary gearsets, the flexible VTi can adopt any ratio between the fixed minimum and maximum and also offers a broader ratio spread between the end points.
In the VUE, the ratio spread is 0. The final drive is 5. Advantages include compact packaging, fewer parts — 45 percent fewer than in a Cavalier's 4TE transaxle, says VTi chief engineer Karl Janovits — and a projected fuel-economy gain over a traditional stepped automatic of 7 to 11 percent.
The efficiency improvement comes from being able to maintain the engine's optimal operating speeds rather than revving up and down through gear ratios, and by reducing the pumping losses caused by throttling.
Body in good shape! Needs a bunch of work to be a dependable vehicle. Dealer Signup. Prequalify for Financing How does it work? Loan Calculator. General Questions. Have you driven a Saturn VUE? Rank This Car. User Reviews. Displaying 1 - 10 of Saturn VUE 10 reviews. Is this review helpful? Yes No. Jawzbaby writes:. Back Seats:. Primary Use: Commuting to work Pros: Decent gas mileage, Nice cargo storage area pop up organizer in the rear , manual transmission a plus.
Is this helpful? Primary Use: Commuting to work Pros: reliability and gas mileage and visibility. Cons: interior noise a bit excessive. Britni writes:. Kodi writes:. Primary Use: Family transportation Pros: It's amzing. Sara writes:. Primary Use: Commuting to work Pros: Manual transmission. Cons: Needs some work done to it.
Sean writes:. Pros: Its a GM. Cons: none really. Renee writes:. Primary Use: Family transportation Pros: cost of ownership.
Cons: would like better gas mileage. Bridgett writes:. Cons: None! Denise writes:. Pros: Very attractive. Cons: Seats not comfortable. Reviews From Other Years. Read all 9 Saturn VUE reviews. Read all 33 Saturn VUE reviews. Read all 15 Saturn VUE reviews. Read all 25 Saturn VUE reviews. Read all 29 Saturn VUE reviews.
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