2000 Mercury Cougar Owner Guide 1st Printing - Page 156
2000 Mercury Cougar Manual
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Driving Recommended shift speeds 2.0 litre engine 5-speed transaxle shift speed schedules Recommended upshifts: Shift from First to second Second to third Third to fourth Fourth to fifth During acceleration: km/h 22 40 53 77 mph 14 25 33 48 During cruise*: km/h 19 32 46 64 mph 12 20 29 40 2.5 litre engine 5-speed transaxle shift speed schedules Recommended upshifts: Shift from First to second Second to third Third to fourth Fourth to fifth During acceleration: km/h 22 40 53 73 mph 14 25 33 45 During cruise*: km/h 16 32 50 64 mph 10 20 31 40 *The vehicle can be shifted at lower speeds to improve fuel economy. 156
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Recommended shift speeds
2.0 litre engine 5-speed transaxle shift speed schedules
Recommended
upshifts:
Duringacceleration:
Duringcruise*:
Shiftfrom
km/h
mph
km/h
mph
Firsttosecond
22
14
19
12
Secondtothird
40
25
32
20
Thirdtofourth
53
33
46
29
Fourthtofifth
77
48
64
40
2.5 litre engine 5-speed transaxle shift speed schedules
Recommended
upshifts:
Duringacceleration:
Duringcruise*:
Shiftfrom
km/h
mph
km/h
mph
Firsttosecond
22
14
16
10
Secondtothird
40
25
32
20
Thirdtofourth
53
33
50
31
Fourthtofifth
73
45
64
40
*Thevehiclecanbeshiftedatlowerspeedstoimprovefueleconomy.