I love a good manual, but some of VW manuals are not great: I had 2 manual Tiguans (Tdi and Tsi) and both manuals were not great: rubbery, sloppy, mushy, imprecise, slow. Certainly, no "rifle-bolt" style of action.

Felt like VW was economising building certain manuals. If a manual like that would be in a Multivan, it would not be more satisfying than a DSG.