isnt it called tiptronic?
A Tiptronic is not a computer controlled clutch-manual transmission or semi-automatic transmission. Most Tiptronic implementations still make some shifts automatically, primarily to protect the engine and transmission. For example, as used by Audi, a five-speed Tiptronic will make the upshifts from 1 to 2 automatically when moving off from a stop even when in Tiptronic mode; the transmission then waits for the user's upshift command before proceeding from 2 to 3, 3 to 4 and 4 to 5, although the transmission will still upshift if the redline is approached.

 

i call it manumatic

just my way of saying it's an automatic with the ability to shift gears 2-6 or so


in the rsx, you pop right from drive into a separate area where there's a +/-, + being shift up, - being shift down obviously...

nice for passing traffic on the highway and not having to wait for the car to shift itself down

 

its called whatever the company decides to call it. kinda like awd systems or vvt systems