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Simply assuming that the transmission fulfills its function decently, ain't the question simply: what (CVT-)car accelerates faster: the one on max. torque or max. power? To accelerate a mass, i.e. car, over a certain distance, a certain amount of energy is required. No matter if it takes 20 s or 10 s that amount remains the same. To do it faster requires more power though and that's the crux. Max power is everything.
Torque is most visible when the slipcoefficient of the tires gets very small (spinning on ice) or very high (fixed wheels, axles break).
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