Previous gen, I drove a Touring sedan (1.5t CVT), an EX sedan (2.0 CVT) and a Touring 5-door (1.5t CVT). The last one had sublime steering, pretty good suspension tuning but I found it lacking in power - like the CVT was filtering out the horses. Sadly, no experience with the sportier trims. MkVII GTI with DSG was way above these three, that's for sure. Next tester: '22 Veloster N.