Does the APR tune come with throttle remapping? I think the latest ones do, when I was researching the APR throttle booster.

If not, I highly recommend a throttle controller - cheap, quick and reversible mod that makes a big difference to the laziness of the accelerator pedal. I originally thought it was turbo lag (my first pertrol turbo car).

FWIW - we nearly bought a 2018 Passat Alltrack Wolfsburg, nice car and test drove one for a couple of days while my R36 was in the workshop - coincidentally, I was also considering an Arteon at the time. We ended up hanging on to our 2008 Passats (R36 and 125TDI) for a few more years and only just replaced them about a year ago... I ended up buying that 2018 Arteon I was keen on, my wife still wanted an Alltrack Wolfsburg, but went for a new fully-loaded 140TDI Tiguan Allspace, which is basically just a tall Alltrack. Both cars (including Arteon mods) still worked out cheaper than the Toureg we also test drove and (briefly) considered!