The BMW has got an electronic parking brake, but there's
a conventional gear lever, so your centre console storage options are the small lidded tray above the climate controls, fixed twin cupholders and a rather deep tray beneath the front armrest, where you'll find AUX, USB and a 12V socket.
A new push - button shifter takes the place of the more
conventional gear lever and is basically the only change.
Our only complaint in this regard are the center console's drive selector mode buttons for the automatic transmission: though it doesn't take too long to familiarize yourself with them, we'd have preferred it if the Lincoln MKX had
a conventional gear lever in place.
Not exact matches
Instead of a
conventional transmission
lever, the SLS features a small T - handle
gear selector.
And then there's the way the gearbox operates, slicing up or down through the ratios with a speed and precision that you couldn't hope to replicate with a third pedal and
conventional gear -
lever.
While it can be driven as a
conventional automatic, enthusiastic owners are more likely to regard it as a clutchless manual, using either the centre shift
lever or steering wheel paddles to change
gear.
Acura technology firsts on the 2014 RLX Sport Hybrid SH - AWD also include an electronic
gear selector that replaces the
conventional, center console - mounted shift
lever with an efficiently packaged push - button array allowing the driver to easily select the desired mode — Park, Drive and Reverse, as well as Sport and Normal driving modes.
Unlike the
conventional buttons in most vehicles on test, the MINI uses a bezel around the
gear lever to switch between its dynamic modes — Sport, Mid and Green.
The
gear lever is now moved to a more
conventional location compared to the E65 / E66's steering column mounted
lever.
The
gear lever and the handbrake find their place on the dashboard instead of the
conventional in - between the seats one.
Interestingly, Jaguar has dumped the rotary
gear lever for the C - X16, reverting back to a more
conventional gear stick.
In the 2019 RDX, the
conventional shift
lever is replaced with a fully electronic, shift - by - wire
gear selector.