Sentence examples for needs a downshift from inspiring English sources

It is also an extraordinarily eager gearbox that needs no more than a hint that the driver needs a downshift.

traffic on an Interstate, the 300 will accelerate when you open the throttle, letting you stay in sixth gear, where the 250 needed a downshift.

That's handy, especially when you need a downshift NOW, but it shouldn't be necessary.

Not that it much mattered, as the island presented no slopes to necessitate a downshift.

It is quick to figure out when it needs to downshift and it does so with finesse.

And loaded with four adults or a few pieces of luggage, its tiny engine struggles somewhat on hills and needs constant downshifting out of the 'suggested' gear to push it forward.

Even some of Mr. Scott's closest allies acknowledge that he will need to downshift.

So if you need to downshift from, say, eighth to fourth, the transmission in automatic mode can jump directly to the required gear, while in manual mode you'll be pulling on the downshift paddle like a kayaker heading for Niagara Falls.

The 6-speed automatic seemed to have no idea what the engine was telling it to do; with the cruise control on, it seemed to sense a constant need to downshift into a lower gear just to keep the speed up.

That's about $76bn monthly, a downshift from the current $85bn.

"This seems like a downshift from stronger growth".