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Originally Posted by Snaps
That's the auto version. Black circle thing behind the accelrator will be the auto kick-down switch most likely. Basically when you push the accelerator down far enoug to press the button in, it will cause the transmission to shift down.
There are cases where just pushing the accelerator down (without pressing the switch) will cause the transmission to downshift, but this only happens depending on revs you're at, and other things like that. The difference with the kickdown switch is that as long as the engine will not go over it's rev limit, then it should downshift, provided you'll have some time in the lower gear before having to upshift again. This should be optimised by Toyota/Subaru before te car is released.
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Not that I'm doubting it's a kickdown switch, but since it's drive-by-wire, don't you think the computer could handle it on its own?
Even more, why would the auto need that since it has paddles to initiate the shifts yourself?