Mitsubishi Galant Owner's Manual page 129

Features and controls
The transaxle has 4 forward gears and 1 reverse gear.
The individual gears are selected automatically, depending on
the position of the gear selector lever, the speed of the vehicle
and the position of the accelerator pedal.
The selector lever has 2 "gates": the main gate (A) and the
manual gate (B).
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NOTE
For information on manual gate operation, refer to "Sports
mode" on page 3-44.
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In the main gate, the selector lever has 4 positions, and is
equipped with a lock button (A) to prevent inadvertent selec-
tion of the wrong gear.