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I know the exact problem you have, same thing Ive noticed, put your foot down and the engine takes a moment to even respond.I have a 99 TD5 Auto.
The only time I notice any noticeable delay is on take off when it is sluggish for about a second with the turbo lag. When accelerating in traffic generally all is good as any turbo lag is alleviated by the automatic transmission dropping down a gear if neccessary. The only time it's not is when it stays in a high gear which would be due to only pushing the accelerator a small amount to accelerate.
Turbo lag seems to be present up until about 2000rpm. This can be a pain in a manual until you learn to drive around the issue but with an auto the computer either keeps you in the right gear or puts you there as described above.
Hope this helps.