Sentences with phrase «redline upshift»

It's a sign of the times when you're surprised to find a gearlever protruding from the transmission tunnel of a newly introduced car, but when you nail the perfect redline upshift or execute a sweet series of heel - and - toe downshifts - accompanied by an approving gargle from the V8's twin exhausts — the simple, enduring pleasures of a manual gearbox are made abundantly clear.

With the throttle pinned to the floor, he is totally engulfed in his own mind - boggling stratosphere, celebrating each blaring 9,000 rpm redline upshift with a spiritual thumbs - up and a smile.

Activating Sport Mode with a second push of the Drive button switched the 9 - speed transmission to paddle - shifter control, which provides crisp responses and automatic redline upshifts that will likely never be enjoyed by the majority of Pilot buyers.

Not exact matches

In Corsa mode, upshifts at redline feel like a sledgehammer whacking the bucket seats.

To sit in a Ferrari's sumptuous driver's seat, savoring the aroma of leather and the voluptuous view over the hood; to press the red starter button on the steering wheel and hear the V - 8 light off with a cannon - fire report through quad exhausts; to flick one of the big shift paddles at redline and feel the 7 - speed dual - clutch transmission crack off an upshift so fast the M80 - like tailpipe explosion that follows seems at least a city block behind you... these are merely a few of the sensations that delight and excite and bedazzle any soul lucky enough conduct a Ferrari with his or her own hands.

Transaxle choices include a 3 - speed automatic or fully adaptive 4 - speed electronic automatic, which if run too hard in low gear will automatically upshift to second before it redlines.

Also standard is a boost gauge added to the left side of the instrument cluster, which has an upshift light that flashes when you approach redline.

The redline itself is pretty forgiving, but the window between 7000 RPM and redline is exceedingly short, and an upshift - alert light blinks furiously if you're not efficient with your upshifting.

Get «used to» sub -4.0-second blitzes to 60 mph, and even while firing away using the ZF - sourced eight - speed automatic transaxle's manual - mode, you might find yourself upshifting a few hundred ticks short of the 7,000 - rpm redline with no loss in performance.

Select Manual mode, however, and the transmission defers almost totally to the driver; neither upshifting even at the 7200 - rpm redline nor kicking down in response to a booted throttle.

One complaint: even in manual, the tranny always upshifts automatically at redline.

Perhaps the (untried here) manual «box is a better fit, because while we've become accustomed to the eight - speeder usually doing no wrong, even in Sport configuration here it feels ponderous during quick driving; it hates an upshift close to the redline and likes to remind you on down - changes that it and it only will decide when it's appropriate to engage the next gear.

Upshifts kick butt with more vengeance in Corsa, downshifts from the seven - speed ISR semi-automatic transmission move closer to redline, and throttle response is telepathic.

Dynamic mode gets your driving party started by permitting full manual upshifts, late upshifts, and early downshifts, and it lets you know where you are with a big, amber shift indicator as you near redline.

When you shift down on the move with a flick of the left paddle, the chips will automatically blip the throttle; when you give it stick and keep the right foot firmly planted, a phonetic explosion marks the transition at 4500 rpm; when you upshift close to the redline, the four sounds almost like a five, and then very briefly even like a six.

Plant your foot in the carpet, and the transmission will instantly drop into second gear and upshift at redline as long as your foot remains on the floor.

Eight LEDs in the tachometer progressively illuminate as the engine approaches its redline, and the transmission won't upshift automatically in any of its manual modes.

While the 81kW engine would spin freely and reach its redline quickly — forcing an upshift mid-corner, for example — the 66kW engine would take a while to spool up the last 1000rpm on the way to its 6500rpm maximum.

Paddle shifters are mounted on the steering column for those who still desire to wield some control, with each gear holding even at redline until asked to upshift.

There's a strong rush of performance post 1,900 rpm that sees the needle hurriedly hit the 4,500 rpm redline before the transmission swiftly upshifts to the next gear.

Slamming the gas pedal with the SST in sport mode, the tachometer pushed the redline, the needle only dropping briefly at each upshift.

Another virtue of the ZF transmission and the way it has been calibrated for the two cars is it didn't get confused by manual upshifts at the redline.

We can understand having it programmed to upshift at redline if the driver hasn't yet flicked the stick, but it shouldn't take matters into its own hands until then.

It hit 60 mph in second gear, just before hitting redline, and an upshift to third showed the 135is just had more to give.

I could leave the PDK in automatic, and it rewarded me by downshifting as I braked, picking the right gear for my speed and brushing redline before its upshifts.

We're not sure about the Tiptronic; it's fun to play with and fairly quick to react when the lever is bumped to change up or down, but we saw it upshift (while in the manual «Tiptronic» mode) a few times on its own well before redline.

Sport holds gears longer and quickens throttle response, while Manual allows you to shift on your own with the paddle shifters, although the gearbox will upshift for you at 6000 rpm, (about 800 rpm away from the redline).

Sport mode also activates an upshift light integrated in the TFT cluster as engine speed approaches redline.

For example, it won't tolerate near - redline acceleration, opting to upshift early.

Once you hit the 6900 RPM redline, you hear a sensational «braap» from the exhaust before upshifting.

Even in full «manual» mode, upshifts occur manually at redline, and requests for downshifts often go unanswered.

Push the accelerator all the way to the floor and the engine revved to a 5000rpm redline, feeling strong and lively from just below 4000rpm, where the engine would quickly recommence building a head of steam after each upshift.

Our M140i was equipped with the optional eight - speed Steptronic Sport transmission and as I pulled onto the autobahn headed towards Ingolstadt, I flipped it into SPORT + and pulled the upshift lever only as I hit redline.

In that mode, the transmission will hold its gear and not automatically upshift when it hits redline.

The upshift from second to third was smoother, and necessary, as the car would redline in second above 40mph.

A quick pull on the right upshift lever at 7250 rpm will prevent the powerplant from kissing the fuel cutoff at the 7500 - rpm redline.

The digital gauge is pretty awesome to look at as the large central tachometer's face changes from white to yellow and red, as revs approach the redline that the transmission will never actually reach (because the computer will always upshift for you, even in the manual mode).

During our manual - shifting tests, tapping the right side paddle produced a quick upshift, but we frequently didn't catch it in time, as the tach needle quickly headed into redline territory.