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Driving style gauge
Once the SMART mode is selected
by pressing the DRIVE MODE but-
ton, and the drive mode indicator
screen is selected by pressing the
trip computer button on the steering
wheel, the driving style gauge bar
will show up at the bottom of screen
and visualize current style of driving.
Left side of the driving style gaugeindicates degree of economic and
gentle driving in green color. The
more economic and gentle you
drive, the left bar will light up in
green. Likewise, the right side of the driv-
ing style gauge indicates degree of
aggressive and sporty driving in
red color. The faster and more
aggressive you drive, the more far
right the bar will light up in red.
When driving style gauge fills up toward left side (or Economic side)
and kept for certain time, then your
vehicle will be automatically switch
to SMART ECO mode. Likewise,
when driving style gauge fills up
toward right side (or Aggressive
side) and kept for certain time, then
your vehicle will be automatically
the switch to SMART SPORT
mode.
If you wish to maintain the SMART ECO mode for better fuel economy,
try to maintain economic driving
style and keep the driving style
gauge green.
Various driving situations,which you may encounter inSMART mode
The driving mode automatically
changes to ECO mode after a cer-
tain period of time, when you gen-
tly depress the accelerator pedal
(Your driving is categorized to be
mild.).
The driving mode automatically changes from SMART ECO mode
to SMART NORMAL mode after a
certain period of time, when you
sharply or repetitively depress the
accelerator pedal.
The driving mode automatically changes to SMART NORMAL
mode with the same driving pat-
terns, when the vehicle starts to
drive on an upward slope of a cer-
tain angle. The driving mode auto-
matically returns to SMART ECO
mode, when the vehicle enters a
leveled road.
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