Mercedes-Benz A Series 2015 Owner's Manual page 178

Mercedes-AMG vehicles: it is only possible
to use kickdown in the automatic drive pro-
grams and in temporary manual drive pro-
gram M. When manual drive program M is
selected permanently, kickdown is not pos-
sible.
For further information on kickdown in man-
ual drive program M (
Towing a trailer
Towing a trailer is not possible with all mod-
els. For further information, see
( page 231).
Y
Drive in the middle of the engine speed
X
range on uphill gradients.
Depending on the uphill or downhill gradi-
X
ent, select a lower gear (
if cruise control, DISTRONIC PLUS, or
SPEEDTRONIC are activated.
Drive programs
All vehicles (except Mercedes-AMG
vehicles)
Drive program C (Comfort)
Drive program C is characterised by the fol-
lowing:
the vehicle delivers comfortable, economi-
R
cal driving characteristics.
the vehicle pulling away more gently in
R
forward and reverse gears unless the accel-
erator pedal is depressed fully.
the vehicle having improved driving stabil-
R
ity, for example on slippery road surfaces.
optimal fuel consumption resulting from
R
the automatic transmission shifting up
sooner. The vehicle is driven in the low
engine speed range and the wheels are less
likely to spin.
page 179).
Y
page 189), even
Y
Automatic transmission
Drive program S (Sport)
Drive program S is characterised by the fol-
lowing:
sporty engine settings.
R
the automatic transmission shifting up
R
later. as a result of the later automatic
transmission shift points, the fuel con-
sumption possibly being higher.
Drive program I (Individual)
In drive program I the following properties of
the drive program can be selected:
the drive (engine and transmission man-
R
agement)
the suspension (vehicles with damping sys-
R
tem or AMG RIDE CONTROL)
the steering
R
the availability of the ECO start/stop func-
R
tion
the climate control
R
Information about configuring drive program I
with COMAND Online or Audio 20 can be
found in the Digital Owner's Manual.
i
To permanently select the gears in drive
program I using the steering wheel pad-
dles, select the M (manual) setting for the
drive.
Drive program E (Economy)
Drive program E is characterised by the fol-
lowing:
comfort-oriented engine settings.
R
optimal fuel consumption resulting from
R
the automatic transmission shifting up
sooner.
the vehicle pulling away more gently in
R
forward and reverse gears unless the accel-
erator pedal is depressed fully.
the vehicle having improved driving stabil-
R
ity, for example on slippery road surfaces.
the automatic transmission shifting up
R
sooner. This results in the vehicle being
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