Is this right?

[Masser50]

I recently read this in an article from 2018, presumably this is the ZF gearbox but is this in the 2017 onwards only model?

"Maserati has added an excellent new function to the transmission – a downshift mode whereby electronics automatically blip the V8 and skip to the correct gear when the driver pulls and holds the carbon fibre “ear-levers” located behind the carbon/leather, flat-bottomed steering wheel.
To activate this mode, simply stomp on the alloy brake pedal, then pull and hold the paddles. The big barks as the engine shifts down through the gears are intoxicating."

 

[Hawk13]

I though all MC shift cars did this in sport mode? (without the need to activate via brake pedal and paddles.)

 

[midlifecrisis]

My MC Auto Shift does this in manual mode.

 

[Ewan]

If you pull both levers simultaneously on an MC Shift (or DS QP, etc) you put the car into Neutral. And that's what I always do when I stop, out of habit.

 

[midlifecrisis]

If you pull both levers simultaneously on an MC Shift (or DS QP, etc) you put the car into Neutral. And that's what I always do when I stop, out of habit.

Yet you can't do that in the Auto, after years of driving a Coupe, it's a hard habit to get out of...

 

[Ryandoc]

I’m confused I’m guessing you do the brake peddle + paddles back and hold them thing when stationary and it’s suggesting it activates some other brutal change mode ??

I’ve never had a gear change more than one gear at a time I assume im not missing something by just quick flicking the paddles anyway ?

 

[Wanderer]

It’s like when someone on ML said pulling back both paddles on a DS for 20 secs puts it in launch mode. It doesn’t - it caused the transmission failure icon to come on. Because the electronics are confused no actual failure.

Anyway what’s the point in launching off the line really fast if you have to wait 20 seconds...

 

[Wanderer]

Paddles on an auto are similar to the plastic steering wheel with a sucker you could get back in the day when a kid so you could pretend your actually driving...

 

[DaveT]

Paddles on an auto are similar to the plastic steering wheel with a sucker you could get back in the day when a kid so you could pretend your actually driving...

Nonsense