Gearbox lever
Manual gearbox
Gear shift pattern of a 6-speed man-
Fig. 50
ual gearbox
The position of the gears is indicated on the
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gearbox lever
Fig.
50.
Press the clutch pedal and keep your foot
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right down.
Move the gearbox lever to the required po-
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sition.
Release the clutch.
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Selecting reverse gear
Press the clutch pedal and keep your foot
●
right down.
With the gearbox lever in neutral, push it
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downwards, move it to the left as far as it will
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The essentials
go and then forwards to select reverse
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Fig. 50
.
R
Release the clutch.
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in Manual gear change on
page 247
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page 247
Automatic gearbox*
Automatic transmission: selector lever
Fig. 51
positions.
P
Parking lock
R
Reverse gear
N
Neutral (idling)
D/S
Drive (forward)
+/–
Tiptronic mode: pull the lever forwards
(+) to go up a gear or backwards (–) to
go down a gear.
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in Automatic gearbox* on
page 249
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page 248
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page 37