STARTING AND DRIVING
Follow the shifting pattern on the gear
lever and start from neutral position before
moving it to the R position.
Manual gearbox
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Automatic gearbox
With a manual gearbox, the driver selects a
suitable gear manually, according to speed
and power requirements at the time.
Gears are selected automatically so that you
can drive as energy-efficiently as possible.
The gearbox also has a manual gearshift
mode.
Engage reverse gear only when the car is
stationary.
Changing gear
During parking
WARNING
Always apply the parking brake when park-
ing on a slope - leaving the car in gear is
not sufficient to hold the car in all situa-
tions.
Related information
Gearbox (p. 409)
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Gear shift indicator (p. 415)
Overview of gear lever and shift pattern in the driver
display.
Overview of gear lever and shift patterns.
Neutral position (N)
The driver display shows the selected gear
position:
The manual gearbox has six gears; the shifting
pattern is shown on the gear lever.
R, N, D or M. The P position is electrical.
Depress the clutch pedal fully during each
gear change.
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Related information
Changing gear with automatic gearbox
(p. 411)
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Take your foot off the clutch pedal
between gear changes.
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Changing gear with steering wheel pad-
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dles* (p. 413)
Reverse gear inhibitor
The reverse gear inhibitor hinders the possibil-
ity of mistakenly attempting to engage reverse
gear during normal forward travel.
Gear selector inhibitor (p. 414)
Kick-down function (p. 414)
Gear shift indicator (p. 415)
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410
* Option/accessory.
