I haven't driven the three cylinder but the experience will be very similar to any other small displacement turbo. Your C4 has very narrow power band between 2200 and 3000 RPM. You could go and drive any other similar size car (Seat, Skoda, VW with 1.4 TSi engine) and you will get pretty good feel for what a modern turbo engine feels like - good torque from idle to about 4000RPMs and then they start fading so there is no point to rev them much higher. There is a bit of a turbo lag but it shouldn't be too much of a problem with a manual transmission.
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