GB has written about how it is almost impossible to get them onto a car transporter, So I can beleive they are pretty poor at a hill start.
To be fair, that was the automated manuals, and they're not the only make fitted with such gearboxes out of their depth in similar circs, but the worse i experienced. That was prior to euro 6 which i haven't driven and am most unlikely to ever do so or want to.
Never had trouble with the manuals (stalling apart, but then i stall lots of modern cars because they lack useful low rev torque), presumably the OP is talking about a manual here?
There is reason for the stalling (i can explain if anyones bothered), its not all down to my incompetence..:-)
I wonder if this is another case of too high ratios in first and reverse, seems to be very common.
A typical test drive won't feature any terrain likely to show a cars weaknesses, so buyers must be assertive to avoid buying something not up to the job, if the dealer won't allow you a proper test drive of your own route choice, walk away and test and buy elsewhere.
Edited by gordonbennet on 07/10/2014 at 08:36
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