(Have any of the 'professional' testers or learned engineer-types expressed an informed opinion??)
There has been much written about the auto because it is the same system as is available in the AeroMax.
Chris Harris of Drivers Republic expressed to me, in person, how impressed he was with the auto and felt it matched the character of the AeroMax perfectly. This was the
review he did for Drivers Republic.
In terms of my personal opinion, I am also on the fence; not because the auto is not extremely competent and a worthy choice but because I generally but manual for pleasure use and auto for daily driver.
No matter how good an auto is (or an F1-style box with computer controlled clutch), there is always a sacrifice to be made at the expense of driver involvement/car control, to gain ease of use in traffic.
I'll wait until I have an extended test drive to make the final decision but I recognise it won't be an easy one.
