Sentences with phrase «like traditional automatic transmissions»

Not exact matches

Back in the transmission's normal mode the shifts are slurred like a traditional automatic gearbox, but the same mighty performance is always on tap regardless of your driving mode.

In hybrid electric vehicles, like the Toyota Prius, engine braking is simulated by the computer software to match the feel of a traditional automatic transmission.

The transmission is AMG's clever seven - speed automatic, but with a clutch pack in place of a traditional torque converter, which allows it to be calibrated to act much like a dual clutch box with both smooth and rapid shifts.

The standard five - speed manual transmission for both engines can be upgraded to an automatic continuously variable transmission that functions like a traditional automatic.

Regardless of engine, the lone transmission is a 6 - speed automated manual that operates like an automatic; a traditional manual gearbox is not offered.

Subaru tuned the new continuously - variable transmission (CVT) to operate like a traditional automatic, while optimizing fuel economy.

It uses a CVT (continuously variable transmission) and although these gearboxes usually make the engine sound like it's working particularly hard, this one successfully mimics a traditional automatic gearbox.

Unlike a traditional transfer case, the Quadra - Trac was a chain - drive system introduced in 1973, for trucks like this one that used AMC's specially adapted TH400 automatic transmission.

Nissan's Xtronic CVT is the only available transmission, and the company is bragging about the third generation of «D - step logic,» software that helps the CVT act like a traditional automatic trans.