Incidentally, many of the critics of monogamous marriage, who
favor alternate modes — «see how many marriages are on the rocks» — fail to note how many of the alternate routes fail.
A few also allow an
alternate automatic
mode, often called «sport»
mode, where gear selection is still fully automatic but the transmission will
favor higher engine speeds (at which the engine will produce the highest horsepower and / or torque) by up shifting later when accelerating and downshifting earlier when slowing.