Yeah, you might be right. The borrow car is a Audi Q3 which I'm told is supposed to be a "luxury SUV", so I guess I'm falsely assuming the transmission/acceleration should be as smooth as a manual car because of that. I've tried all the different "Drive Select" modes as Audi calls them, where "Comfort" is supposed to make the acceleration/transmission more gentle, but it's a marginal difference compared to "Dynamic" which is supposed to be more aggressive.