BMW 745i Manual Do Proprietário

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Reference

Deactivate the L mode to obtain max-
imum acceleration for overtaking

maneuvers, etc.

Deactivating the L mode

Press the L/D button or

press the selector lever into position D
once again.

Automatic transmission
with Steptronic*

While you can drive as with any conven-
tional automatic transmission, you also
enjoy the option of shifting manually at the
steering wheel, refer to the next column.

Transmission ranges

P R N D

Program display

S or M1 – M6

Buttons on steering wheel

S/M/D + –

Selecting a transmission range

The procedure for selecting transmission
ranges is the same as that employed in the
L mode, refer to page

Sport program and manual operation

When you press the S/M/D button on the
steering wheel once, the system responds
by activating the transmission's Sport pro-
gram, as indicated by the letter S in the Info
Display, refer to previous column. We rec-
ommend this program for performance-ori-
ented driving.

When you press the S/M/D button a
second time the transmission switches to
its manual mode; press again to return to
the automatic program.

You can also return to the standard auto-
matic program by reselecting D.

In the manual mode the transmission
upshifts when you briefly tap the buttons
on the rear of the steering wheel. You
downshift by briefly pressing the buttons
on the front of the steering wheel. The Info
Display shows the manual ranges M1
through M6.

Upshifts and downshifts are executed only
when they will result in a plausible combi-
nation of engine and vehicle speed; thus,
for example, a downshift that would cause
the engine to overrev will not be executed
by the system. The selected gear appears
briefly in the Info Display, followed by the
current gear.