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Like bbd say, it depends on your driving style. So yes, test before parting with your cash.
To share our experience moving from high torque to lower torque. When we had to change our estate few years back, we sold a Passat 5.5 with 130 bhp and a I think this engine produced around 220 lb-ft or thereabout and you didn't need to play too much with the manual gear.
We took this car from 90k to 300k miles with strict maintenance regime but had many niggles outside of the bullet proof engine/gearbox/clutch components. Malfunctioning central lock, radiator that decided to die, alarm system with a life of it's own, seat belts that broke (twice!!), rusting arches (this was a design fault), wet carpets (again a design fault) quality suspension parts that never seemed to live more than a year and dealer that never seemed too bothered, and the list goes on and on.
When we had enough of the VW we bought a Kia diesel 1.6 and that was a bit more modest on torque at around 188 lb-ft, it was ok but the seats were diabolical for long runs, so had to go.
The Cee'd was the last ever diesel, we then sold it and got a Toyota Avensis estate petrol with a max torque around 145 ft-lb at somewhere of 2700 rpm.
The change was marked, but and a big but, this car has an excellent and very precise gearbox and we learnt when to change up to keep up and take over exactly as we did at lower revs with the diesels of old. The advantage is that so far took it from 35k miles to 150k miles and it didn't owe us anywhere near what the Passat did. Apart from consumables and a new clutch at 130k she is comfortable, and reliable which is our first priorities. As the Mazda 6 is probably one of the last NA Jap model out there you are aiming well but it will not feel like a TD car.
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