Sentences with phrase «conventional geared transmission»

Only its base model now uses a conventional geared transmission.

Not exact matches

Instead of a conventional transmission lever, the SLS features a small T - handle gear selector.

One of the unique features of this particular hybrid system is that doesn't need a conventional transmission and uses a multi-mode single fixed gear ratio to put power down to the wheels.

If you want that, you pull two paddles on a steering wheel [on conventional cars, they're used to shift gears in the transmission].

Manual transmission models have a fairly conventional control layout but the automatic versions have a neat party trick, including an aircraft throttle - style low - mounted handbrake and dash - mounted gear selection buttons, both of which clear space for the front seat to become a bench.

Still, it was clear that the GT350's gearing is a little shorter than a conventional Mustang, partly due to the final - drive ratio of 3.73:1 and partly due to the six - speed transmission itself, which is like a close - ratio five - speed (fifth gear is 1.00:1) with an overdrive sixth.

Unlike a conventional transmission with four of five gears that change the final drive ratio in steps, a CVT uses a steel belt and a variable pulley to infinitely change the final drive ratio between a minimum and maximum setting.

Overall, a CVT provides a greater fuel economy benefit than a conventional automatic transmission with gears.

Modern «Semi-automatic transmissions» usually have a fully automatic mode, where the driver does not need to change gears at all, operating in the same manner as a conventional type of automatic transmission by allowing the transmission's computer to automatically change gear if, for example, the driver were redlining the engine.

This transmission variant was based on the conventional gearbox for the M3, but with a clutch that was activated electro - hydraulically to change gears.

The hybrid system doesn't require a conventional transmission so it is fitted with a single fixed - gear ratio that creates a direct connection between moving components.

The two - mode system also is an automatic transmission, without the torque converter but with conventional hydraulically - applied wet plate clutches to allow automatic shifting among two continuously variable modes and four fixed gears for a total of six mechanical configurations.

Newer transmission designs (ZF's brilliant eight - speed conventional automatic for instance) are now making the DSG feel a little slow to kick - down and occasionally lost looking for the right gear.

The 7 - speed transmission provides 7 + R gear ratios for the EM without increasing the complexity and part count of a comparable conventional AMT.

Since Powershift, unlike a conventional automatic transmission, does not need a torque converter, planetary gears or multiple wet clutches, there is also none of the added torque losses that these features bring.

The dual - clutch transmission is an automatic transmission which utilizes dual launch and shift clutches with a manual transmission style lay - shaft gear arrangement, instead of a conventional torque converter and planetary gears.

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.

Compared with a conventional automatic transmission, which shifts among up to five gear ratios, a CVT uses the entire range of ratios between low and high gears.

The Sequential SportShift feature allows the transmission to function in a conventional automatic mode or gear shifts can be manually controlled via steering - wheel - mounted paddle shifters.

Unlike conventional automatic transmissions, which shift between discrete gear ratios to match the engine speed to road speed, the Murano's Xtronic CVT is stepless, adjusting the relationship through two variable - diameter pulleys and a steel belt.

It's linked to a continuously variable transmission (CVT), but the firm has engineered in seven «steps» that act like conventional gears.

Interestingly, the Accord lacks a conventional transmission that changes gearing ratios.

Once up to speed, it switches to the belt - type drive more conventional to a CVT that can nonetheless mimic a 10 - speed transmission, and boasts what Toyota calls the widest range of gear ratios in the car's class.

It also adds direct fuel > injection, conventional transmissions > with more gears and electric power > steering.

The transmission fitted was a more conventional six speed manual with floor mounted H pattern shift and shorter gear ratios.

GMC's new Electronic Precision Shift enables more storage room in the center console by replacing the conventional transmission shifter with electronically controlled gear selection consisting of intuitive push buttons and pull triggers.

The CVT uses a belt - pulley system instead of a finite set of gears in conventional automatic transmissions.

The process is complicated, but the result is pleasing: The extra gear sets after the second electric (drive) motor amplify drive torque more like a conventional transmission.

Both types of transmission suit their respective engines rather well, though there are some issues: the CVT, for instance, isn't as refined as more conventional automatics, and the eight - speed auto isn't quite as smooth or as decisive when selecting gears as comparable transmissions in rival cars.

2.0 - liter and 3.5 - liter models get an eight - speed automatic, whereas the hybrid is only available with a continuously variable transmission, or CVT, which doesn't have any conventional gear speeds to speak of.

The CR - V CVT is designed to provide the optimum gear ratio for the driving conditions and to offer a more natural driving feel than some previous CVT transmissions that have a disconnected «rubber - band» feel compared to a conventional automatic transmission; the CR - V also offers stronger acceleration response with a linear build in engine rpm that avoids much of the «slipping» feeling some drivers notice with other CVTs.

Production commenced of the C160 manual transaxle used in the first 6 - speed manual transmission for front - wheel - drive vehicles in the 1.6 - liter class; Transmission uses a low - gear and close - gear ratio to provide better engine performance than that provided by conventional 5 - speed manual ttransmission for front - wheel - drive vehicles in the 1.6 - liter class; Transmission uses a low - gear and close - gear ratio to provide better engine performance than that provided by conventional 5 - speed manual tTransmission uses a low - gear and close - gear ratio to provide better engine performance than that provided by conventional 5 - speed manual transmissions

Unusual also is the powertrain uses its two motors along with a clutch and a single fixed gear ratio instead of a conventional multi-speed or Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT).

The AA80E, or 8 Super ECT, 8 - speed automatic transmission adopted; A world's first, the transmission features a far wider and closer gear ratio than conventional 6 - speed automatic transmissions and proficiently achieves both powerful acceleration and low fuel consumption, which are normally inversely related performance characteristics

The transmission cracks off quick and crisp gear changes when left in full automatic mode, while the manual shift feature is also quite responsive to commands for a conventional torque - converter unit.

It seeks to combine the advantages of a conventional manual shift with the qualities of a modern automatic transmission by providing different clutches for odd and even speed selector gears.

The 2.4 - liter engine has a conventional automatic optional, except for the Freedom Drive II package, which mixes the continuously variable transmission with the 2.4 - liter engine for low - range gearing.

Conventional gear / belt transmissions are not the only mechanism for speed / torque adaptation.

Both are front - wheel drive, four - cylinder powered, and each have six forward gears in their conventional automatic transmissions.

It combines the fuel economy of a high - gear ratio manual transmission, the performance of a low - gear manual with the smooth, stepless shifting of a conventional geared automatic transmission.

Plus, the gasoline motor works beautifully well with the continuously variable transmission, or CVT, which also operates rather silently by the standards of automatic transmissions like this (CVTs use a system of belts and pulleys, instead of the «gears» found in conventional transmissions).

The i - MMD system does not use a conventional transmission; instead, a more compact unit has a single fixed - gear ratio, to create a direct connection between moving components and a smoother transfer of torque.

While a continuously variable transmission, or CVT, doesn't technically have any gears, the programming of the control unit creates shift points in the rev range that feel like physical gears, and so you can change up or down as much as the engine revs allow and it feels quite similar to a conventional, geared automatic transmission.

It combines the fuel economy of a high - gear ratio manual transmission, the performance of a low - gear manual and the stepless shifting of a conventional geared automatic transmission.

Although a conventional automatic transmission has a set number of gears, a CVT uses a metal belt and sliding pulleys to create an infinite number of gear ratios to maximize fuel economy.

«At around 60 mph, depending on conditions, the lock - up clutch engages and now the engine is driving the wheels via a single, fixed gear... which is roughly analogous to a sixth or final gear in a conventional transmission.»

This ultrafine control of the gear ratio is the key to the CVT's greater efficiency over a conventional automatic transmission with a limited number of discrete gear ratios.

The transmission was a conventional unsynchronized three - speed sliding gear manual [6] with a single speed reverse.

The hybrid system does not need a conventional transmission, fitted instead with a single fixed - gear ratio.

With Edsel sales way below projections, Ford shifted gears in 1959 and offered the «Mile - O - Matic» transmission; this gearbox was shifted via a more conventional column shifter.