The push button system of gear selection was used on
all Chrysler lines
beginning with the 1956 model year, including Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler, including their compact models.
PUSH BUTTON SHIFTER. The GSM Push Button Shifter is an
electronically controlled shifter that replaces the shift lever
and offers precise, split-second shifting capability with the push of a button.
The push button system of gear selection was used on
all Chrysler lines
beginning with the 1956 model year, including Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler, including their compact models.
When
the 1958 Edsel launched
in the late summer of 1957, the Edsel became the first and only Ford division to launch an electro-mechanical push-button transmission system, which it trademarked as Teletouch.
In 1956,
Chrysler’s Plymouth division
was the first in the low-priced field to offer push-button shifting. Here’s the sales pitch on the novel new feature in an entertaining Plymouth commercial. The 1950s was a decade of labels: It was the Jet Age, the Atomic Age, the Push-Button Age.
If you have to push a button on your car keys to enter your car, you are not at risk of being “hacked”.
Only cars with a keyless entry system can be stolen using so called “relay” equipment
. Keyless entry cars allow the driver to unlock and start the car with the key fob still in their pocket.
What cars are hardest to steal?
- Toyota Camry – Number of Thefts: 16,906.
- Nissan Altima – Number of Thefts: 13,284.
- Toyota Corolla – Number of Thefts: 12,388.
- GMC Pickup (Full size) – Number of Thefts: 11,708.
- Dodge Pickup (full size) – Number of Thefts: 11,226.
- Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee – Number of Thefts: 9,818.
The shift lock button is usually a
button found on top or side of the gear selector lever
. With it, the driver can lock the gear to the desired option. So, when the driver parks the car, he or she switches the gear selector lever into Park and locks it there.
What is Honda sequential mode?
Sequential Mode*
Use the paddle shifters to change gears without removing your hands from the steering wheel
. When the transmission is in D: Press D/S once. The vehicle goes into sequential shift mode momentarily, and the gear selection indicator comes on.
When you remove the cover, you will find a button that you can push for releasing the gear shift even when the engine is off. That is the purpose of this button; it enables
drivers to switch from park to neutral
when they are unable to switch the engine on.
Chrysler
is credited with the first push-button automatic transmission with their two-speed Powerflyte introduced in the 1954 models and offered until 1965. They also made a three-speed unit from 1956 called the Torqueflyte, which was cable controlled, as was the Powerflyte.
Video: Push-Button Driving in the
1956 Plymouth
In 1956, Chrysler’s Plymouth division was the first in the low-priced field to offer push-button shifting.
Push button start is designed to
work similarly to using a traditional key ignition
; you can turn on specific features by quickly pressing your push button start without holding it and without your foot on the brake. … With each press of the button, it’s like turning an ignition key one position at a time.
What is a 1958 Plymouth Fury?
Early history (1956–1958)
The Fury was
a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere from 1956 through 1958
. It was sold only as a sandstone white two-door hardtop with gold anodized aluminum trim, in 1956 and 1957. In 1958 it was only available in buckskin beige with gold anodized aluminum trim.
Although the latest iteration didn’t emerge until the early 2000s,
push button cars
first appeared back in 1912 when Cadillac introduced an electric
push
–
button
starter to replace the risky and hard-to-operate hand crank.
What is a valiant car?
The Plymouth Valiant (first appearing in 1959 as simply the Valiant) is an
automobile
which was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States from the model years of 1960 through 1976. … Road & Track magazine considered the Valiant to be “one of the best all-around domestic cars”.
