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MANUAL OPERATION
(MANUAL)
In this operating mode, the driver is re-
sponsible for choosing the best gear ra-
tio to engage, depending on the car op-
erating conditions.
Proceed as follows to change gear:
❒move the lever to position + fig. 1to
engage a higher gear;
or
❒move the lever to position -to engage
a lower gear.
If the gear change request may adversely
affect the correct operation of the engine
or the gearbox, the system will not allow
the gear change but will automatically
change down if the engine reaches the
idling speed (e.g. during deceleration).
In such cases the system warns the dri-
ver of the impossibility of changing gear by
means of a buzzer.AUTOMATIC OPERATION
(AUTO)
To switch the automatic operation (AU-
TO) on/off, push the lever A-fig. 1to po-
sition A/M; the activation is signalled by
the word AUTOand the gear engaged in
the reconfigurable multifunction display
fig. 4.
In AUTOmode the system changes gear
depending on the vehicle speed, the en-
gine rpm and the intensity with which the
accelerator pedal is pressed.
It is possible to request a gear change us-
ing the control lever without having to
switch this mode off: this function known
as “gear suggestion” suspends the auto-
matic mode for the time necessary to
make the gear selection requested by the
driver.
fig. 4F0H1243g
Avoid keeping your hand
placed on this lever in be-
tween gear changes or Au-
to/Manual mode.
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