Gear stick

A standard 5-speed shift pattern (on a Peugeot 206 knob)

A gear stick (rarely spelled gearstick),[1][2] gear lever (both UK English), gearshift or shifter (both U.S. English), more formally known as a transmission lever, is a metal lever attached to the transmission of an automobile. The term gear stick mostly refers to the shift lever of a manual transmission, while in an automatic transmission, a similar lever is known as a gear selector. A gear stick will normally be used to change gear whilst depressing the clutch pedal with the left foot to disengage the engine from the drivetrain and wheels. Automatic transmission vehicles, including hydraulic (torque converter) automatic transmissions, automated manual and older semi-automatic transmissions (specifically clutchless manuals), like VW Autostick, and those with continuously variable transmissions, do not require a physical clutch pedal.

  1. ^ "gear lever – Definition of gear lever in US English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries – English. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "gear lever Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org.