Opel Automobile Owner's Manual page 142

142 Driving and operating
In each driving mode Flex Ride
networks the following electronic
systems:
■ Continuous Damping Control.
■ Accelerator Pedal Control.
■ Steering Control.
■ All-wheel drive.
■ Automatic transmission.
SPORT mode
The settings of the systems are
adapted to a sportier driving style:
■ Damping of shock absorbers reacts
stiffer to provide better contact with
the road surface.
■ The engine reacts more quickly to
the accelerator pedal.
■ Steering support is reduced.
■ Engine torque of All-wheel drive is
distributed more to the rear axle.
■ 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