STARTING AND DRIVING
* Option/accessory.
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Gear shift indicator*
The gear shift indicator notifies the driver when it
is appropriate to engage the next higher or lower
gear in order to obtain the lowest possible fuel
consumption.
An essential detail in connection with environ-
mental driving is to drive in the right gear and to
change gear in plenty of time.
An indicator is available as an aid on some vari-
ants - GSI (Gear Shift Indicator) - which notifies
the driver when it is appropriate to engage the
next higher or lower gear in order to obtain the
lowest possible fuel consumption. However, tak-
ing into consideration characteristics such as
performance and vibration-free running, it may be
advantageous to change gear at a higher engine
speed.
Manual gearbox
Gear shift indicator for manual
gearbox. Only one marker is
illuminated at a time - it is illu-
minated in the centre only dur-
ing normal driving.
At the recommended upshift
the cursor illuminates "+", and at the recom-
mended downshift the cursor illuminates "-"
(marked red in the illustration).
Automatic gearbox
Combined instrument panel "Digital" with gear
shift indicator.
The framed number indicates the current gear.
With "Analogue" combined
instrument panel, the gear
positions and indicator arrows
are displayed in its centre.
Related information
•Manual gearbox (p. 273)
•Automatic gearbox - Geartronic* (p. 274)
Automatic gearbox - Geartronic*
The automatic gearbox Geartronic has a
hydraulic torque converter that transfers power
from engine to gearbox. It has two different gear
modes - Automatic and Manual.
D: Automatic gear positions. +/–: Manual gear positions.
S: Sport mode*.3
The combined instrument panel shows the posi-
tion of the gear selector using the following indi-
cations: P, R, N, D, S*, 1, 2, 3 etc.
Gear positions
Automatic gear positions are
indicated on the right of the
combined instrument panel.
(Only one marker is illuminated
at a time - the one showing the
current gear selector position.)
3The gear lever's gearshift pattern varies depending on engine option.
