[Lagom]

I've been reading reports in various places about the 2.0 being just okay in performance as a manual (haven't really read anything saying it's really good, which is strange given 107kW is hardly stingy for power) and a bit disappointing as an auto. When I drove the manual briefly, I thought the performance was okay, but frankly it felt less energetic than a 1.8 Corolla off the line (the 1.8 manual Corollas with 100kW aren't too bad off the line as a manual when pushed).

Could these comments be a result of running the car on ULP as opposed to PULP. The European specs quote 107kW, which would be on 95RON, so I find it hard to believe that Aussie cars running 91RON would deliver 107kW (notice how the brochure mentions all specs are when running 95RON).

Anyone know what the power drop is with running 91RON? The compression ratio is 10.8:1 which is towards the higher end for a run of the mill NA engine.