Sentences with phrase «traditional gear shifts»

Subaru is among the many automakers now using a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and though it won't be everyone's favorite, it does an admirable job mimicking traditional gear shifts.

Unlike in a handful of other FCA vehicles, it won't be controlled by a rotary knob, but rather by a traditional gear shifter located on the transmission tunnel.

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For comparison purposes, we'll shift gears and line out a basic traditional outbound marketing budget totaling $ 300,000 at a fictional company not using inbound marketing.

The Carlyle Group Shifting gears from the traditional banking business, The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is an investment firm with exposure to private equity, hedge funds, bonds, and a variety of other direct and indirect investment vehicles.

This week, I'm shifting gears slightly, to discuss two slightly - under - the - radar techniques that I think are light years more evolved than the traditional Swedish massage.

Frind acknowledges that his $ 10m in yearly ad revenue has gotten people's attention, but he thinks the traditional dating sites are too invested in the paid - membership model to shift gears.

The act of audience deception here is brilliant — especially as the film shifts gears from a traditional but warm storytelling approach to a subversive and dramatically vibrant narrative as it deconstructs the family and allows room for far more questions than what it seemingly starts with.

The transmission, with its three automatic «shift» modes (including a rain setting) and handlebar «gear» buttons (a traditional foot lever is also present) works smoothly and unobtrusively.

When you shift in a traditional manual transmission, the clutch is disengaged and a sleeve is shifted from one gear to another.

Premium materials are used, and there's a twist - knob gear selector instead of a traditional shifter.

In other vehicles, like the MDX and related Honda Pilot, oddly placed electronic gear selector buttons replace the traditional shifter.

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.

In standard mass - production automobiles today, the gear lever appears similar to manual shifts, except that the gear stick only moves forward and backward to shift into higher and lower gears, instead of the traditional H - pattern.

[20] The placement of the power window controls was on the center console, ahead of the gear shift / automatic transmission gear selector, as opposed to the traditional installation of the window switches on the respective doors.

In a traditional manual transmission, when you shift gears, you lift off the throttle slightly to allow the revs to stabilise and drop slightly whilst engaging the next gear.

Using an ideal set of gears, the transition from first to sixth is smooth, with virtually none of the torque transfer generally associated with gear shifts in traditional automatic transmissions.

Inside, the UP GTI features the traditional golf - ball manual gear shifter, as well as the original Clark - design tartan seat upholstery.

Featuring a mid-engine design that optimizes balance, the Cayman S can be shifted via either a traditional six - speed manual transmission or a seven - speed dual - clutch automated manual that offers lightning - quick gear changes.

When driving normally, steps are programmed in to simulate traditional automatic transmission gear shifts, but hard accelerating still pegs the engine at peak rpm for a slightly annoying drone.

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.

What makes the CVT special is that rather than use the gear shifting mechanism characteristic of traditional transmissions, it goes with a seamless change through a continuous range of effective gear ratios.

From a performance standpoint, the PDK transmission is superior to the traditional automatic since it is much quicker to shift gears and engages the driver more readily.

All Fusions have push - button starting, and a rotary dial gear - shift knob that replaces a traditional shift lever.

You can now choose between a 6 - speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters for manual control or a traditional 6 - speed gear shifter and three pedals on the floor.

Moreover, every MDX model welcomes Acura's nine - speed automatic transmission and replace the traditional shifter with an electronic, push - button gear selector.

Nissan says it programmed the CVT to behave like a traditional automatic, making it shift through preset gear ratios when the driver accelerates past three - eights throttle.

You know you're in a driver's car when you find features like a T - handle electronic shifter that functions like a traditional shifter, providing the driver clear visual and physical feedback on gear position.

The trick to the IS F's aggressive shifting is that it only acts like a traditional automatic in first gear.

The transmission options are either a Lamborghini - sourced six - speed manual gearbox with metal gate for the shift lever, or an Audi - developed R Tronic [2] gearbox — which is a semi-automatic, without a traditional clutch pedal with automatic gears shifting mode.

This electronic Continuously Variable Transmission doesn't shift gears like a traditional gearbox because it doesn't have gears.

The latest version of the Lineartronic ® CVT incorporates lightweight parts to improve efficiency, a wider range of gear ratios and Auto Stepped Speed Control, which mimics the gear shifts of a traditional automatic transmission.

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.

Besides the traditional hydraulic automatic transmissions, there are also other types of automated transmissions, such as a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and semi-automatic transmissions, that free the driver from having to shift gears manually, by using the transmission's computer to change gear, if for example the driver were redlining the engine.

And a peek through the windshield will also reveal the complete absence of traditional controls like steering wheels, foot pedals, and gear shifts.