Not exact matches
The most significant development brought to the optional gearbox,
though, is the change in direction of the
gear selection via the
lever.
The
gear lever is a much better way to influence this transmission,
though we find its gate needlessly labyrinthine.
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.
If there was a complaint,
though, it would be that while taking off or parking, the
lever needs to be tapped twice to engage «D' or «R» — the first tap takes it to neutral and the second tap engages the
gear.
One annoying detail was the
gear lever,
though: the silver bits are made of sharply cut plastics.
Though the
gear lever is ergonomic once you get used to it, many will not like the placement of the
gear lever and the old style pull and twist handbrake.
Other than that, the rest of the Jaguar XF's main controls are intuitive and easy to operate on the move —
though, if we're being picky, having to wait for the
gear lever to rise up from the transmission tunnel before you can select forward or reverse does get a tad annoying once the novelty has worn off.
The car does not come with paddle - shifters
though manual mode can be operated through the buttons provided on the
gear lever itself.
An additional bench is fitted in front of the
gear lever which,
though old school, works to Mahindra's advantage and there is also an option for five - seat layout except for the K2 and K2 + variants.
Though a six - speed manual is standard, the test car had the $ 1,400, eight - speed TorqueFlite with paddle shifters and AutoStick manual selection with the
gear lever.