Sentences with phrase «of manual gear selection»

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Big aluminum paddles on the steering wheel allow easy manual gear selection, though of course fully automated shifting is also available at the touch of a console button.

Audi's 4.2 - liter V - 8 produces 335 hp and drives a six - speed - automatic transmission that permits Tiptronic manual gear selection and a Dynamic Shift Program that reduces the number of gear changes needed.

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.

Of course, with all three cars you can manage the progression yourself via manual gear selection.

We preferred using the manual gear selection for this type of driving, as the Sport setting isn't reactive enough to downshift in time for a corner.

The seven - speed Sport Automatic with double clutch operation shifts gears without the slightest interruption of torque and engine power, offering the driver the choice of an automatic gearshift or the manual selection of gears.

Chrysler affixes paddle shifters to the steering wheel, complementing the manual gear - selection ability of the console shifter.

A hybrid form of transmission where an integrated control system handles manipulation of the clutch automatically, but the driver can still — and may be required to — take manual control of gear selection.

The same process was applied to developing the shape and action of the paddle shifters for manual gear selection.

When I switched to manual gear selection, the 520 horsepower and 481 pound - feet of torque from the twin - turbo 4 - liter V - 8 let me keep it in third for all but the tightest hairpins and longer straights.

The six - speed automatic offers a manual gear selection mode, taking the place of low - range settings.

There is a thumb rocker switch for manual gear selection on the shift lever, but it can be slow to respond and isn't as convenient to use as a set of paddles would be.

The transmission offers a manual gear selection mode, which amounts to a cutoff of the upper gears and which is out of place in this vehicle.

Short of manual selection, transmissions can have different low - range settings, which keep the transmission from shifting into its higher gear sets.

The Legacy's five - speed manual gearbox (a four - speed automatic also is available) has a precise clutch, and its gear selection, typically notchy through second, works with an overall smoothness reminiscent of a Honda.

As such, it does not include a manual gear selection mode, merely a single low range and a hill mode, the latter being activated by a button on the side of the shifter.

Gearshift paddles on the steering wheel are available as an option, enabling the driver to make manual gear selections with exceptional swiftness and the greatest of ease.

Granted, this transmission offers a Sport mode and manual gear selection, but there's no getting around the inferior performance of its torque converter.

The fact there's only six cogs is showing the platform's age, but the shifts are smooth and fast enough in sequential manual mode, and smart enough (in terms of gear selection for a given situation) in full auto mode.

Although the automatic transmission doesn't have a manual gear selection mode, it does feature a couple of low - range options.

-- The XF will be available from launch with a range of four engines, ** all featuring Jaguar's proven six - speed automatic transmission with steering wheel - mounted «paddles» for manual gear selection (Jaguar Sequential ShiftTM): — 2.7 - litre V6 twin - turbocharged diesel: 0 - 60mph in just 7.7 secs (0 - 100kph in 8.2 secs) and a top speed of 143 mph; — 3.0 - litre V6 petrol: 0 - 60mph in 7.9 secs (0 - 100kph in 8.3 secs) and a top speed of 148mph; — 4.2 n / a V8 petrol: 0 - 60mph in 6.2 secs (0 - 100kph in 6.5 secs) and a top speed electronically limited to 155mph; — 4.2 s / c V8 petrol: 0 - 60mph in 5.1 secs (0 - 100kph in 5.4 secs) and a top speed electronically limited to 155mph.

Nicely molded paddles on the steering - wheel spokes control manual gear selection, but manual gear changes take place with the typical hesitation of a torque converter.

Every XF model uses Jaguar Sequential ShiftTM transmission control, allowing manual gear selections in the automatic transmission via «paddle» switches mounted on the rear of the steering wheel, in either Drive or Sport mode.

The DN - 01 uses a continuously variable transmission, marketed by Honda as the Human Friendly Transmission, allowing either manual selection of a «gear» or automatic operation much like a CVT scooter, with continuously variable transmission ratios selected automatically by the system's controller for optimal performance.

The six — speed transaxle gearbox has computerized gear selection by means of levers behind the steering wheel and may be used in Manual - Normal; Manual - Sport; Automatic - Normal; Automatic - Sport and Wet modes.

An 8 - speed automatic transmission transmits power to all four wheels in all Q7 models, and Audi's Tiptronic allows manual selection of those eight gears.

Both available Acura RLX transmissions feature a steering wheel - mounted paddle shifter system that lets the driver take manual control of transmission gear selection.