As well as performance. The auto on the Cruze VCDi is nothing to write home about.
Had to drive one round the racetrack last year, playing shepherd to a bunch of newbies. The lag on downshifting in every corner was so bad that I had to enter corners as hot as possible and trailbrake, just to avoid the need to shift a gear lower for the exit. (I was pushing hard because I was trying to catch a wayward driver in a Volvo T4
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And that's the point at where you start to curse the weight of that ironblock diesel...