Bro, the Gli A/T was a disaster, the first time I drove a Showroom new Gli A/T it felt like it was a hundred thousand km driven and that too on CNG. Tooooooooo weak, the thing just refused to move even on FULL PAON 
But thats the Toyota-paradox, when something is in production it's criticized for being 'bad' in one way or the other, and once it goes out of production and something new rolls out: The new model takes it's place on the 'worse' list and the former is praised for being the best ever.
Take the Supra, when it rolled out and was in production everyone hated it for being 'slower' then the skyline in every way. Be that the track or the drag strip and once it went out of production and the smoother SC replaced it, everyone went nutts looking for old 2nd hand Supras.
The sames happens with Corollas and Hilux and everything Toyota has to offer, I remember, when the E140 rolled out it was hated for being too weird in one way or the other. And when the E170 rolled out people now say the E140 was the best corolla ever.
The same crowd who used to say the E140's 1.6L Gli had TOOO BIGGA ENGINE now complain the 1.3L Auto has TOO SMALLA ENGINE 