Mazda Motor Corporation

Norimichi Tanaka

Toshihiro Matsuoka

Yohsuke Takenaga

Daiki Nakata

Kouji Tokunaga

A shift lever is configured to take deceleration-requesting positions through its operation in a specified direction from an M-range position for a manual mode. A control is configured such that vehicle's deceleration is larger when an operational quantity of a one-time operation of the shift lever operated toward the deceleration-requesting positions B, B, Bis larger. For example, when the shift lever is operated to the position B, one-stage shift down is performed, when the shift lever is operated to the position B, two-stage shift down is performed, and when the shift lever is operated to the position B, three-stage shift down is performed.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Norimichi Tanaka