Clutchless-manual mode allows the driver to change gears manually, sequentially. Sometimes called automanual, manumatic or sequential shifting, the feature also carries a variety of brand names from different manufacturers:
In most cases, the driver activates the mode by sliding the shift lever into a special gate and tapping it forward or to one side to upshift and to the rear or opposite side to downshift. Other systems incorporate up/down buttons into the steering wheel. Clutchless-manual mode is different than an automated manual transmission or dual-clutch transmission.
A few of these transmission designs remain in the selected gear all the way up to the engine’s redline. Most of them, however, step in and upshift if the driver gets too close to a gear’s limitations. To the best of my knowledge, all of them downshift automatically when the driver comes to a stop.
Information for this was taken from the Cars.com’s glossary, written by Joe Wiesenfelder.
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