Car controls
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Car controls are the components in automobiles and other powered road vehicles, such as trucks and buses, used for driving and parking.
In the Ford Model T, the standing pedals control the two forward gears (left pedal), reverse (center pedal), and the brake (right pedal). The steering-column levers control ignition timing (left) and the throttle (right). The large hand-levers set the rear-wheel parking brake and put the transmission in neutral (left) and control an after-market 2-speed transmission adapter (right).
1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash with a tiller steering
Standing pedals in a Saab Sonett. Pedals either hang from the bulkhead or stand on the floor. The arrangement is the same for both right- and left-hand traffic.
1969 Citroen DS Pallas interior with hydraulic gear selector mounted top right of steering column with a single spoke steering wheel. Note the so-called mushroom brake pedal. (The pedal on the left is the parking brake).
Gear stick
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A gear stick, gear lever, gearshift or shifter, more formally known as a transmission lever, is a metal lever attached to the transmission of an automobile. The term gear stick mostly refers to the sh
A common 5-speed shift pattern (on a Peugeot 206 knob)
Column shifter for an automatic transmission in a Ford Crown Victoria
Gear shifter for a 10-speed Eaton-Fuller Roadranger non-synchronous transmission
6-speed gear shifter in a 2015 Volkswagen Passat Estate