Sentences with phrase «gear via the paddle shifters»

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With seven gears that can be controlled via paddles or left to self - shift when you're feeling lazy, it trumps the E55's tally of five ratios.

Order the optional smaller - diameter sport design steering wheel, and you can shift gears via chromed paddles instead of boring thumb switches.

An eight - speed automatic sends power to the rear wheels, but Hyundai's engineers have done away with a traditional shifter — gear selection is done via a set of paddle shifters.

The ability to shift gears manually, often via paddle shifters, can also be found on certain automatic transmissions (manumatics such as Tiptronic) and continuous variable transmissions (CVTs)(such as Lineartronic).

The sequential automatic transmission features a manual shift mode, letting you select the gear you want via the gear - select lever or steering wheel - mounted paddle shifters.

Flappy paddles handle gear changes, or you can also shift via the lever.

And, although I'm not a huge fan of paddle shifters on any vehicle that doesn't actually have a sporty nature to it, there were several occasions on longer, steeper declines where dropping a gear or two via the paddle and letting engine braking do its thing was infinitely preferable to riding the brake pedal for long stretches.

Manual shifts via the paddles yield better results, but the time it takes to actually grab and engage a gear is still alarmingly slow for a «box of this nature.

When the enthusiastic driver changes up a gear manually by using the steering wheel - mounted paddles, the Quickshift technology ensures the quickest, crispest shifts via rapid and precisely timed engine torque intervention.

Right, but this one actually does the trick, benefiting from a wider range of ratios and programming that produces crisp «shifts» whether left to its own devices or shifted manually via the gear lever or steering column - mounted paddles (exclusive to the SR trim, which I'll talk about more shortly).

When the enthusiastic driver changes up a gear manually by using the steering wheel - mounted paddles, the Quickshift strategy ensures the quickest, crispest shifts via rapid and precisely timed engine torque intervention.

The gearbox does an excellent job simulating gears via the column - mounted paddle shifters.

When in «Drive» mode, pulling either of the leather - trimmed magnesium alloy paddles mounted on the steering column will activate Touchtronic mode, enabling the driver to control gear shifts via the paddles.

All of the seven forward gears can be controlled by the car as a traditional automatic, or can be shifted manually via the shift knob or the steering - wheel mounted paddles.

The CVT on this model has a manual shift mode but only via the gear lever — there are no column mounted paddle shifts on this model.

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.

Gears can also be shifted via optional paddles on the steering wheel.

The Commandshift eight - speed transmission can be toggled by paddle shifters or by manually selecting a gear via the gearshift.

But, it has been cleverly programmed to simulate seven distinct «gears», allowing the engine to rev to its power peak before changing ratios, when «shifted» via steering - wheel - mounted paddles.

In ECO or SPORT mode, the driver is still able to intervene manually in the gear - shifting process via the shift paddles.

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Gear shifting was done via the standard paddle shifters behind the steering wheel; there was no gear lever on the centre tunnel, but rather a small T - shaped handle used to quickly engage first gear and reverse when manoeuvring at slow speed.

Shifting on your own is possible via the gear selector itself or via the steering wheel - mounted paddles.

In this car, the all - wheel drive system is coupled with an automatic 6 - speed dual - clutch gearbox (DSG), which can also be shifted manually as an alternative via the gear shift lever or steering wheel paddles.

Dig deep, and the power is instantly accessible through the automatic transmission, which clicks up and down through the gears via the paddles almost as quickly as a direct - shift, clutchless manual.

The Lincoln's 6 - speed automatic transmission is another high point, seamlessly changing up and down through the gears and, via paddle shifters, allowing the driver to do the shifting when desired.

The car has great in - gear punch, and even picking up from lower rpms (by using the option to shift manually via steering wheel paddles), it still pulls strongly all the way to the red line.

The slick - shifting eight - speed auto also impressed with superb engine braking in the two lowest gears and excellent manual selection via large steering wheel paddles.

While not overabundant, there is engine compression braking available if you toggle the transmission down a few gears either via the regular shifter or steering column paddles.

The quick - shifting gearbox, which can be controlled via paddles, does add to the occasion if you choose to change gear yourself, but you're never left craving that next open stretch of road to fully open the throttle like you might be in a more focused machine — not least because the fuel gauge falls at an alarming rate if you do.

EPA - rated fuel efficiency and peak power output ratings vary between the CVT version — which is also capable of manual shifting via paddles that fully simulate a manual shifter — and the actual manual with clutch and gear shifter.

When in Sport mode, gear selection via racing - inspired paddle shifters (mounted on the steering wheel) automatically puts the transmission into manual mode, and the driver can select among all six transmission gear ratios.

The driver controls the gear shift, which is activated hydraulically via two steering wheel paddles.

A Lineartronic CVT transmission makes accelerations smooth and efficient, and a 6 - speed manual mode can be controlled via paddle - mounted shifters when specific gears are required.

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You can also the shuffle through the gears via the paddle - shift which makes driving this SUV even more delightful.

Not that shifting was an issue with the DSG's manual mode putting lightning - quick gear changes at my fingertips via the steering - wheel - mounted paddle shifters.

A sports automatic variant of the new eight - speed transmission is fitted as standard to the 320i and 328i Touring models and offers even more dynamic shift characteristics as well as manual gear shifting via paddle shifts on the steering wheel.

The automatic transmission uses the entire speed range of the engine when changing gears and switches at higher speeds; Manual (M)-- the automatic transmission can be operated manually via the steering wheel shift paddles on the steering wheel.

There's no paddle shift option — a bit of a shame, especially in this trim — but you can shift gears manually via the lever if you so please, and it's pleasingly responsive.

Six gears — all selectable via full - sized steering column - mounted paddle shifters.

The six - speed dual - clutch transmission offers the choice of driving the Evolution as a full automatic or selecting gears manually via the console shifter or steering - wheel - mounted magnesium paddles.

It can simulate seven gears operable via optional paddle shifters (for EX, EX-L versions), and the manual transmission increases from formerly five to now six speeds — but retains the same final drive ratio.

And in the absence of a conventional manual shift gate for the pop - up Jaguar J-gate style selector dial, the only way to revert to auto mode once you've selected manual via the standard steering wheel gear shifters is to pull and hold the right - side paddle, or rotate the dial selector between normal and Sport mode.

Drivers also have the option to shift gears manually in Sport, but only via the small «+ / -» buttons on the gear lever; there's no traditional tiptronic function or paddle shifters on the steering.