Disappointing first drive

I am a little disappointed by my partners reponse after driving the qashqai for the first time.  He did think it was a good car but wasn't excited by it.  Aparently there is no kick with the 1.5dci.  This is the engine size we are looking for.  On the plus side he did say it was an easy drive.  It was an acenta and the finish wasn't as I had hope it would be compared to the other cars we saw today.  Golf had a pretty good finish.  Apparently it had the 'umph' as you accelarate.  As a passenger it was