[ZedStyle]

Jesus I hope you are not serious. Thats called "engine braking" (simply put). Much more prominant in a manual.

The level of intelligence around here has taken a MAJOR fall in the past day or two.

actually, it's a little more than 'engine braking', it's computer controlled for ascent and descent.... the system is apparently called 'prosmatec'.
I think it's a good find, and informed a lot of us about features we didn't know our cars had. good work shaar.

 

[ZedStyle]

Its not hill descent, or ascent.

just because it wont shift out of gear going 10mph, doesnt mean there is a specifically made "hill ascent" action taking place in the computer.

because thats what the systems do today. they limit you to like 3-5mph, no matter how much you throttle the car.

i can't read japanese, i can just go off what the website is translating for me, but from what i can tell, the computer is definitely changing gears based on what the car is doing, i.e it can tell you'e going downhill, so will drop a gear for you.
either way, systems may do that today, but we're talking about systems from over a decade ago