| For many drivers, to decide the way in which the | | | | protecting the gear assembly mechanics. The same |
| car’s gearbox moves their car is as valuable as | | | | applies if the driver attempts put the car in a gear that |
| the ability to select a completely automatic mode and | | | | is either too long or too short; the system does not |
| forget about change. Sequential Automatic changes | | | | buckle and responds and corrects the adjustments by |
| are the perfect symbiosis of the comfort and pleasure | | | | itself. To avoid clashes between the driving style and |
| offered by automatic driving. The selector lever is the | | | | parameters of the computer, most of the boxes |
| same as that of a conventional automatic transmission | | | | sequentially incorporate several application programs. |
| to which a second lane is added, usually the height of | | | | This type of change is attributed more to modern |
| the "D" position on the gears to take it and | | | | mechanics than to the traditional automatic schema of |
| make the changes manually. While the gear does not | | | | things, it allows more possibilities for use and can even |
| slip into this position by default, a soft push whit ones | | | | cope with some buttons on the steering wheel or cam |
| hand and the gear assembly clicks into place allowing | | | | without the driver having to separate his hands. |
| control of the car. Though most of these control | | | | Continuing the example of the Ford Fiesta, the benefits |
| movements are transverse, there are some car | | | | of this type of change are obvious when comparing |
| brands in which the movements are transverse rather | | | | official data from 1.4 to 80 bhp. With and without |
| than longitudinal. | | | | automatic 5-speed sequential: the sequence is 1 km/hr |
| The control of the car however, is not absolute. In | | | | faster and spends 0.1 of the 100 km. Unless the manual |
| manual mode, if the engine speed exceeds the | | | | but still lose in acceleration. The benefits of |
| recommended limits (both above and below), the cars | | | | electronically assisted gear shifting begin to appear. |
| onboard CPU engages the appropriate speed, thus | | | | |