The "AutoStick" system designed by Chrysler allows for manual selection of gears with a standard hydraulic automatic transmission, also known as a manumatic.
The manumatic transmission systems are variously described or marketed under names that including "e-stick", "shift-command", "steptronic", and "geartronic".
[2] Manufacturers increasingly offer electronically-controlled automatic transmissions that provide drivers with an ability to shift gears on their own.
The top of the gear shift was designed to easily depress and activate an electric switch, i.e. when engaged by the driver's hand.
Chrysler developed an automatic transmission with electronic transaxle controls in that had an Autostick mode providing more aggressive shifting between gears when there was increased throttle.
[7] "Essentially a driver-interactive automatic transmission that offers gear-shifting capability" the Jazz show car featured the new system.
[10] Dropping the shifter into the Autostick gate while the vehicle is moving will keep the transmission in the current automatically selected gear.
The Autostick feature is activated by moving the "PRNDL" transmission selection on the steering column clockwise past D where L is usually found.
Specific gears are selected by an up/off/down 3 position momentary switch in the middle of the handle on the PRNDL lever, up to upshift and down to downshift.