Interesting thing I’ve found on my 1.5 tsi act superb with a dq200 7speed dsg - 

If I put the gearbox in S mode it doesn’t want to coast and, although it holds onto a lower gear for longer, it will go into 2 cylinder mode more than when in normal D or E mode. Not a scientific test but it returns the same mpg on my regular journey in S as it does in D but feels a lot nicer to drive.

3 hours ago, carefree said:

I’ll rephrase then, both the 1.0 and 1.5 DSG’s I’VE had HAVE been slightly jerky from start……in fact the 1.5 more so.

 

Personal experience.

I echo this - the various Leons, Ibiza and Arona all drove very differently to each other, despite being the same engine and gearbox combo.

 

I haven’t found them jerky if I’m honest - more so some of them a bit sluggish to get going than others. That Arona, in particular, felt like the Queen Mary when I set off from the lights. The only box I’ve really noticed jerk, is the DQ381 in my vRS! It has been tuned though.
 

Various engines and gearboxes have felt very different to me. I remember having a 1.5 Golf as a courtesy car when someone hit my 1.4 Leon. They couldn’t have felt more different - the 1.5 was awful.
 

Point is, I found the 1.0 Ibiza to feel far more responsive than another 1.0 or 1.5. Shocking to agree with Carefree, but the extra 50nm and 50bhp didn’t do much for me.

On 07/12/2024 at 22:28, Maxr said:

I'm homing in on buying probably a 2020 Kamiq. Can anyone tell me if the DSG boxes fitted to 1.0 and 1.5 cars of that period differ? Does one work better than the other, require more expensive maintenance, or work better with adaptive cruise control? Thanks, Max

I bought Mrs Moley the 1.5 Kamiq SEL exc with the DSG box. It's a good package and the fuel economy is very similar to her previous 1.2 tsi Fabia combi with the 6 speed manual box. In June we spent 10 days in Ireland and the rental car was a VW T Cross, with the 1.0 3 cylinder engine and manual box. Although the performance was OK the 1.0 litre engine is a little gruff when pushed, where the 1.5 is more refined.