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08 Starting and driving
Gear shift indicator*
The gear shift indicator notifies the driver
when it is appropriate to engage the next
higher or lower gear in order to obtain the
lowest possible fuel consumption.
An essential detail in connection with environ-
mental driving is to drive in the right gear and
to change gear in plenty of time.
An indicator is available as an aid on certain
variants - GSI (Gear Shift Indicator) - which
notifies the driver when it is appropriate to
engage the next higher or lower gear in order
to obtain the lowest possible fuel consump-
tion. However, taking into consideration cha-
racteristics such as performance and vibra-
tion-free running, it may be advantageous to
change gear at a higher engine speed.
Manual gearbox
Gear shift indicator for man-
ual gearbox. Only one
marker is illuminated at a
time - it is illuminated in the
centre only during normal
driving.
When gearing up/down as recommended, the
upper one is illuminated at "+" or the lower at
"-", marked red in the illustration.
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The gear lever's gearshift pattern varies depending on engine option.
5
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270
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Automatic gearbox
Combined instrument panel "Digital" with
gear shift indicator.
The framed number indicates the current
gear.
With "Analogue" combined
instrument panel, the gear
positions and indicator
arrows are displayed in its
centre.
Related information
•
Manual gearbox (p. 269)
•
Automatic gearbox - Geartronic* (p. 270)
Automatic gearbox - Geartronic*
An automatic gearbox with Geartronic differs
from an Automatic gearbox - Powershift
(p. 274), in that it has a hydraulic torque con-
verter that transfers power from engine to
gearbox. It has two different gear modes -
Automatic and Manual.
D: Automatic gear positions. +/–: Manual gear
5
positions. S: Sport mode*.
The combined instrument panel shows the
position of the gear selector using the follow-
P
R
N
D
S
1
ing indications:
,
,
,
,
*,
2
3
,
,
etc.
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