Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

The auto is awesome... performance wise it shifts about as quickly as a dct. Torque converter drone is minimal on the Z which I find incredible for a car with this much hp and tq. The paddles shift the car extremely smoothly while the stick makes you feel the change in gears. So when you change gears from below it feels like an old school manual. The auto is inherently faster than the stick by close to a third of a second, which is kinda cool.
Another kool fact about the 7at cvt is it works with the ecu to figure out your driving style and it will chronically synchronize your gear ratios in auto mode, to suit your current driving style. The downside to this is that when you go from mild to aggressive out of nowhere. The ecu gets confused for a couple of seconds and hesitates before taking off. Its not something that happens everytime, but enough to where it might be annoying at times. It only occasionally happens in "Auto" mode.
Downshift Rev-match is technology that was invented for the cvt, so that feature is always on in the auto and works deliciously great. Performance to price, the auto is impressive because its so comparitive to the dct. Other than an evo, porsche pdk or bimmer 135dct, this is the only other auto i'd buy. The worst paddleshifted sports car I've driven to date is the gencoupe. That one needs manual.