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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by mbrookes on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:12AM (#12977558)
Nice!

Apparently Mercedes call it "glide mode" or "gliding mode" depending which bit of marketing you look at. I couldn't find a technical description though (beyond what you already said).

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by petercooper on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:20AM (#12978158)
I've seen it called "sailing" (and the icon on the dashboard is of a sailboat). See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4N8BlXro9w (see 48 seconds in) - but this could be a language difference between territories.
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