@Rox That’s why I said the new as in latest models, both tested some time last year to see for myself if there auto boxes had improved and nope they haven’t still have exactly the same issues all cvt gearboxes have.
I hated the cvt box as like all cvt gearboxes you accelerate and all you get is more noise in the cabin with little change in speed unlike a regular box which kicks down a gear, the same when your going down hill because the box can’t change down as it doesn’t have individual gears, so it feels like the car is coasting not a nice feeling when the hill is steep, what does it matter how long a test drive is, if you drive it and don’t like something as major as the auto box you don’t like it and choose something else.
As I said each to their own I know what I do and don’t like in a car and a cvt box isn’t for me. I’d take the manual version anyway.