For those that complain about the dial shifter...

[Mavl-ous]

I'm still waiting for this

Or this:

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[t arnold]

57 dodge. Start off in L, rev and hit N, then D and get “a wheel”. Ya, I’m old.

 

[GarryB]

For those that complain about the dial shifter... I present to you the 2024 GMC Terrain- What a nightmare design.

I don't mind that design at all. I don't like the location of the dial. Also, when I'm in a rush to shift it doesn't work sometimes

 

[Red Pepper Maverick]

Took awhile to get used to the shifter on my Lincoln MKZ. Got used to it just like the dial shifter on my Maverick. Both free up space in the center console.

 

[MaverickDragon]

I'm still waiting for this

I hope it's a REALLY LONG wait..
Do us all a favor and don't send the pic to Ford.
Someone, somewhere might just think this is a "new and refreshing design concept". ..

 

[Scott Asheville]

The Maverick dial is OK, but the ultimate shift control is as highly differentiated steering wheel column stalk. Out of the way of everything, but immediately available to the driver. But it has to be hefty and clearly differentiated from any other stalks. In 2025 these things are just electric signal generators. FWIW, I'm surprised nobody has put one overhead, just to be different.

 

[Suzukiridr14]

Growing up (I'm over 70 now), my father had a Rambler with one. He loved that car until the front passenger side wheel just fell off as my brother parked it at college one day.

Back when, we all knew someone with a Rambler, they were cheap, easy to fix, transportation for the families who moved out to the suburbs from the cities. I miss those days.

 

[Edlundell]

Push button transmissions were the reason the Edsel tanked. No one would trust them.

 

[lm126027]

Growing up (I'm over 70 now), my father had a Rambler with one. He loved that car until the front passenger side wheel just fell off as my brother parked it at college one day.

HAHAHA. In high school, my buddy had a Rambler American. Same thing happened to him, front right tire fell off on out way home from school.

 

[Blue_Max]

Push button transmissions were the reason the Edsel tanked. No one would trust them.

The Edsel had many more factors working against it than its most-expensive transmission option.

 

[Tbone289]

I don't mind that design at all. I don't like the location of the dial. Also, when I'm in a rush to shift it doesn't work sometimes

The dial shifter can easily be shifted without ever looking at it. Good luck doing that with this.

 

[Edlundell]

The dial shifter can easily be shifted without ever looking at it. Good luck doing that with this.

The dial can also be turned the wrong way without looking at it. I've done that a couple of times. My only recommendation for it is that it should stop at park all the way to the left and at drive to the right so there's no mistaking where you are on the dial.

 

[Pete Sheppard]

I've gotten used to the dial--even the way it automatically shifts to Park, if I forget then turn the truck off...
What I really miss about a shift lever is having a place to hang a trash bag. I have to hook it on a corner of the glove box lid. That works, but i'd still prefer just to hang it on the shifter.

 

[Tbone289]

The dial can also be turned the wrong way without looking at it. I've done that a couple of times. My only recommendation for it is that it should stop at park all the way to the left and at drive to the right so there's no mistaking where you are on the dial.

There's a PRNDL on the dash that will show you where you are on the dial without looking at it.

My point is that you can find the dial with your hand without looking down at it, and know where it is by looking at the PRNDL on the dash. Are you going to be able to find and select the correct button on the dash without looking down at the button? I don't think so. Maybe "P" since it's larger than the others...

BTW, if you haven't noticed, the gauge cluster gives audible feedback when you shift into P, so you know you're there when you hear it. If you turn the dial at least 3 clicks to the right at any time, you know you're in D. Once you realize that I don't understand why you need stops, as you always know where P and D are without looking.

 

[Edlundell]

There's a PRNDL on the dash that will show you where you are on the dial without looking at it.

My point is that you can find the dial with your hand without looking down at it, and know where it is by looking at the PRNDL on the dash. Are you going to be able to find and select the correct button on the dash without looking down at the button? I don't think so. Maybe "P" since it's larger than the others...

BTW, if you haven't noticed, the gauge cluster gives audible feedback when you shift into P, so you know you're there when you hear it. If you turn the dial at least 3 clicks to the right at any time, you know you're in D. If you follow those two rules, you always know where P and D are without looking.

My legs are so long that I have to have the wheel at top position, and then I can't see the PRNDL on the dash. Plus I confuse right and left sometimes. I have to think of playing piano or turning at an intersection to keep it straight which is which!

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