As I said to @myself33 a while ago, I took my neighbours picanto (same engine and box) in for a service and it was the worst auto I have ever driven. This quote from car magazine is an understatement:
“If you value your sanity, do not buy the AMT. Standing for automated manual transmission, we truly thought this type of gearbox was on its way out. This gearbox alone would be sufficient to take the i10 from a four-star car to a one-star car.
It’s laughably slow and jerky to shift, up or down. It’s possible to smooth things out a little by lifting off slightly, but it’s so unpredictable that it’s very difficult to modulate this. You can take manual control if you wish – via the shifter, not paddles – but that doesn’t speed matters up.”
My honest advice if you want a auto look elsewhere rather than having buying orleasing on the scheme blind. The new Sandero is worth a look 🙂
@myself33 when do you pick your new car up, as it seems ages ago since we last spoke about it.