Sentences with phrase «smoothest gearchanges»

An extra-tall sixth gear aids the cause of highway fuel economy, and the six - speed automatic was mostly well behaved — Tingwall credited it with «some of the smoothest gearchanges in the mid-size segment» — with one exception.

Sure, it's still huge fun to drive, and key Mini elements like the smooth gearchange and the sound build quality are all intact, but here they're offset by a hectic and occasionally unpredictable personality.

This would take advantage of the ISG's ability to provide «torque pulses» to smooth gearchanges.

With the launch of the model year 2007 (in September 2006) a major improvement was the substitution of the old 4 - speed automatic by a ZF 6 - speed automatic transmission that permitted very smooth gearchanges.

Not exact matches

The gearchange is smoother into second but it still has that fragile thump of a single - clutch paddle - shifter, and that sensation is exacerbated by the superlight flywheel and the sheer anger of that V12.

The gearchange is smooth, light and quick, the brakes are strong, the pedal layout and driving position are just right.

, so it's worth checking carefully that gearchanges are clean, quick and smooth.

At typical cruising speeds, the steering feels sterile and remote, the gearchanges smooth and the engine whisks you along on a easy wave of boost — though it is surprisingly noisy at idle and when stretched.

There's only one small point: the difference between 2nd and 3rd gear is quite large, so you need to take care when performing that change and if you tend to spend a lot of time between the two it may not be ideal - other gearchanges are easy to make silky - smooth.

Although it's very smooth, and provides swift gearchanges and seamless acceleration, it hampers efficiency and adds # 1,000 to the price.

The EDC automatic gearbox is smoother when left to its own devices, but if you try to use the manual shift paddles on the steering wheel, the gearchanges can be quite hesitant — it lags behind the VW Group's seven - speed DSG automatic in this area.

The dual - clutch DCT seven - speed automatic gearbox also suits the Cooper D particularly well, providing smooth yet rapid gearchanges — it's just a shame there are no shift paddles behind the steering wheel.

The engine now thrums rather than wheezes and the gearchange is far smoother.

With smooth and seamless gearchanges, there's no perceptible impediment to progress either as you make your way through the gears on more open stretches of road.

On the road, Sport mode is ideal, because throttle response and gearchanges are a fraction less sharp than in Race, allowing smoother progress in situations where you can't hold the throttle down all the way for long.

Typically VW, the rubbery gearshift won't be mistaken for a Honda unit, but it's teamed up with a smooth, linear clutch that made for easy gearchanging.

Manual shifts can be made using steering - wheel mounted paddles, and gearchanges are smooth and seamless.

In addition, the automatic transmission can be slow to react when a quick downshift is needed or after the need has passed and the revs hang too long in that lower gear, though its gearchanges are at least smooth.

But it's certainly smoother, and doesn't punch you in the back in the same way when you've selected the fastest gearchange map.

Gearchanges aren't as immediate as the ZF's, but overruns between changes help keep things smooth, and it's got a good ally in the 25i motor, which packs enough torque to keep the «box from working too much.