Opel Insignia 2009 Manual page 136

136 Driving and operating
■ Shift points of automatic
transmission occur later.
■ Having SPORT mode activated,
the illumination of main instruments
changes from white to red.
TOUR mode
The settings of the systems are
adapted to a comfort driving style:
■ Damping of shock absorbers reacts
softer.
■ Accelerator pedal reacts with
standard settings.
■ Steering support is in standard
mode.
■ Engine torque of All-wheel drive is
distributed mainly to the front axle.
■ Shift points of automatic
transmission occur in a comfort
mode.
■ Illumination of main instruments is
white.
Normal mode
All settings of the systems are
adapted to standard values.
Drive mode control
Within each manual selected driving
mode SPORT, TOUR or Normal, the
Drive Mode Control (DMC) detects
and analyses continously the real
driving characteristic, responses by
the driver, and the active dynamic
state of the vehicle. If necessary the
control unit of DMC automatically
changes the settings within the
selected driving mode or when
recognising greater variations, the
driving mode is changed for the
length of variation.
If, for example, Normal mode is
selected and DMC detects a sporty
driving behaviour, DMC changes
several settings of the Normal mode
into sporty settings. The DMC
changes to Sport mode in case of
very sporty driving behaviour.
If, for example, TOUR mode is
selected and whilst driving on
a winding road a sudden hard brake
is necessary, DMC will detect the
dynamic vehicle condition and
changes the settings for suspension
to SPORT mode to increase vehicle
stability.
When the driving characteristic or the
dynamic vehicle state returns to
former state, DMC will change the
settings to the preselected driving
mode.
Personalised settings in the Sport
mode
The driver can select the functions of
the SPORT mode when SPORT
button is pushed. These settings can
be changed in the menu Settings in
the Info-Display. Vehicle
personalisation 3 97
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