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The concept
The Auto Start/Stop function helps save fuel. The system switches off the engine during a stop, e.g., in a traffic congestion or at traffic lights. The ignition remains switched on. The engine s ...

Malfunction
A Check Control message is displayed. On the Control Display, the areas in front of and behind the vehicle are shaded. PDC has failed. Have the system checked. To ensure full operability: ` ...

Two additional gears mean threefold progress: quicker shifts, greater smoothness, enhanced efficiency.
The wider spread of ratios allows the engine to run at lower speeds, often in the "tallest" gear, 8th. Yet even with this wider spread, the steps between adjacent gears are reduced; in t ...