Fiat DCT gearbox

[GB4 JEV FFS]

I had an "opportunity" to drive a brand new Fiat Tipo with a diesel engine and what seemed to me like a motorised manual but was actually a DCT. What a terribly awful gearbox it is! The way it engaged gears it really felt like a typical motorised manual and I started to lift off before each change just to make it work better.

Does anyone have any experiences with Fiat's DCT? Are they all that bad or was this car just faulty?

[GB4 JEV FFS]

"Shocking" is the right word.

[GB4 JEV FFS]

Sorry lads, I've been driving torque converters most of the time (especially ZF8's since they came out) hence I'm not used to what's considered acceptable in DCT/DSG world. If one of my TC's behaved like this DCT I'd bring it to a main dealer the following day.