The Aisin 8 speed auto box is sublime and this is coming from 3 years with a DSG, the difference is huge.
I had a C-HR rental for 3 days, the 1.8 Hybrid with the CVT and it has to be the worst car I have driven in at least 25 years, no electric until warm, petrol only on the motorway, put your foot down at 60mph and all it does is turn petrol into noise with hardly any change to speed, 450 miles covered at an average of around 24mpg, rubbish.