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Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
D Drive (automatic shift program)
This p o sitio n is d e sig n e d f or drivin g
un d er all n orm al o p erating c o n d itio n s.
All f orw ard g e ars are a v aila ble a n d th e
A T C is fully o p era tio n al.
"Kickdown"
In th e " kic k d o w n " m o d e , yo u a c hi e v e
m a xi m u m p erf orm a n c e . T o a ctivate this
m o d e , d e pre ss th e a c c elera tor p e d al
b e y o n d th e full-throttle p o sitio n, a t
w hic h a re sist a n c e p oint m u st b e ov er-
c o m e .
M /S Manual mode and
Sport Program
S hiftin g fro m D into M / S a ctiv ate s th e
S p ort Pro gra m a n d in dic at e s S D in th e
g e ar in dic ator. T his p ositio n is re c o m-
m e n d e d for a p erf orm a n c e - orie nte d
drivin g style.
With th e first brie f to u c h, th e a uto m a tic
tra n smissio n shifts fro m th e S p ort
Pro gra m to th e m an u al m o d e. W h e n
yo u m o v e th e s ele ctor le v er f or w ard in
th e " + " dire ctio n, th e tra ns m is sio n s hifts
u p . W h e n th e le v er is m o v e d b a ck in th e
"– " dire ctio n, th e tra n s missio n shifts
d o w n. M 1 to M 5 a p p e ar in th e g e ar
in di c a tor.
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U pshifts or d o w nshifts w ill b e c arrie d
out b y th e A T C o nly a t a p pro priate
e ngin e a n d ro a d s p e e d s, e . g . th e
e ngin e will n ot d o w nshift if e n gin e
s p e e d is to o hig h. Th e g e ar s ele cte d
will a p p e ar bri e fly in th e instru m e nt
clu ster f ollo w e d b y th e c urr e nt g e ar.
T o a c c elerate q uic kly in th e
m a nu al m o d e (to p a ss a noth e r
v e hicle , for insta n c e), s hift d o w n m an u -
ally or e m plo y th e " kic k d o w n " m o d e. <
S hiftin g fro m M / S to th e s ele ctor l e v er
p ositio n s P , R a n d N is p o ssible only b y
g oin g thro u gh D .
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