Its not as straight forward as it seems. Can’t comment on the manual, but on the DSG car, the ‘engine’ mode determines the gearbox mode. In reality the different engine modes make no difference to power. It’s all about throttle response and how it works with the gearbox.
So economical mode is just ‘D/Drive’ but it drops out of gear when you lift off the throttle. It re-engages when you touch either the brake pedal or accelerator.
Normal/Comfort, is just the normal engine throttle response and ‘D/Drive’.
Sport, puts the gearbox into sport mode, turns up the actuator and I suspect it also changes the throttle mapping to be more responsive.
If you’re in comfort mode and knock the gearbox into sport, it effectively turns the engine into this mode but leaves everything else in comfort (suspension etc).
Equally in sport mode if you knock the gearbox into ‘D/Drive’, the engine and gearbox go into Comfort mode and everything else stays in sport.
In
Cupra mode the engine and gearbox are setup in sport, Actuator goes into ridiculous mode, throttle response is improved, and because of the way the gearbox and engine mapping is setup you get the lift of pops etc.
Individual mode depends on your settings obviously:
If set to economical.
D = Economical, S = Sport
If set to comfort or Sport
D = Drive/Comfort, S = Sport
If set to
Cupra
D= Drive/Comfort, S =
Cupra
I hope that is now as clear as mud to you all! LOL