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After several years research we have created the K5, the innovating hand control that allows you to choose different ways of driving, in relation to the kind of road which you are driving along.

Thanks to the K5 you can fully appreciate the driving experience while avoiding all kinds of numbness and fatigue to the fingers and to the hands, which would otherwise occur after driving for a long period of time while always in the same position.

The major development which allows you to change immediately the way of driving among the five methods is the double stroke of the acceleration ring: one is in pushing and one in pulling, in relation of your hands movement.

The K5 is provided with a special device which makes starting and manoeuvring easier. After the first few millimetres acceleration stroke, both pulling and pushing, you can feel a light arrest of the acceleration ring. By pushing or pulling the accelerator ring a little more strongly you can get over this arrest and the car can reach its normal acceleration. This special device avoids unintentional excessive acceleration when, on the contrary, a smooth acceleration is required.

Moreover, the K5 gives you the opportunity, by pressing one button on the brake lever, to use the "power saved acceleration mode" : this means that you can use only a part of the engine power, without reducing the stroke of the accelerator ring.

The K5 is available in the interface or in the "by motor" version.

In the interface version the use of the accelerator pedal can be restored at any moment by pressing a switch placed on the dashboard, in the "by motor" one the original accelerator pedal stays always active.

In both versions the device is provided with a safety system that makes the acceleration return automatically at idle when the brake is applied. This system doesn't work when you are stopped and you want to start the car, maiking it easier for you to start on a hill or on an incline, because it allows you to release the brake gradually when accelerating.