So, if someone buys a car, they’re not allowed to complain about any aspect of it, even a little bit?
Here’s what he said:
“... on twisty and occasionally hilly roads, the Golf proved a fun if somewhat underpowered companion. Always planted and stable, its primary shortcoming is in the power department. The 1.4 is happy to rev if the shift paddles are used to hold the engine in the first four or five gears. But if left in automatic during zesty driving, upshifts are too frequent. Similarly, downshifts (and turbo power) are a bit too delayed: The power arrives after the corner you’d intended to power out of has passed.”
That all sounds to me like reasonable commentary. Yeah, he could have got the bigger engine, but maybe he didn’t want or need the AWD that comes with it.