I'm with you DougM, my dad drove a VZ SV6 belonging to friends and yeh, he would agree with you that they arent a bar on our AU. In fact my dad raved on for like half an hour to me about all that our AU did better. The three things he noticed most were the gutless engine (nearly had to flatten the sucker to get it moving), the lifeless steering (no where near as direct and with none of the feel of our AU), and the gearbox like you mentioned. But to its credit we are comparing it with the AU, which despite its looks I reckon is a brilliant drivers car, must be that fantastic steering feel.
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