Sport mode is for serious driving, with
upshifts occurring at around 6,000 rpm.
The system also includes a «Sport» mode — activated by a button on the centre console — which engages a more aggressive gear shift strategy as gear changes feel sharper and more forceful, engine speed matching on downshifts is more aggressive and in full automatic mode,
upshifts occur at higher speeds.
A six - speed automatic adeptly handles shift duties with either powertrain, though the standard - issue paddles are somewhat slow to react and full - bore
upshifts occur without the level of sharpness we've come to expect from the ubiquitous ZF 8 - speed available elsewhere in the near - luxury crossover space.
Even in full «manual» mode,
upshifts occur manually at redline, and requests for downshifts often go unanswered.
Not exact matches
Whether
upshifting or downshifting, there's a half - second delay from when you press the button and when the shift
occurs.
In addition to crisp
upshifting, downshifts
occur rapidly under hard braking and it rev - matches with a fantastic blip of the throttle and a cackle from the pipes.
The Sport mode, in which shifts
occur at higher engine speeds, is engaged by moving the lever leftward from D; the Manual mode is engaged when the driver manually chooses a gear by tipping the lever (or shift paddles) forward (for downshifts) or rearward (for
upshifts).
We did feel that in normal Drive mode,
upshifts are set a little low,
occurring at about 2,300 rpm.
During normal city and highway driving, using the transmission's Drive mode, we found the
upshifts were programmed to
occur surprisingly early.
If this were to
occur in first or second gear, the vehicle could not
upshift into third through sixth gears.