Downshift (G1)

The name or term "Downshift" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Downshift (disambiguation).

Downshift is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.

Downshift is the one pointing at his crotch. With that look on his face.

Upshift?

Downshift is a cop on the edge. He plays by his own rules, much to the dismay of his commanders. As a security agent, he's often assigned to protect important facilities and people, but his 'intuition' often leads him into hunting down suspects, leaving his charges unguarded.

Despite this, he's a highly skilled armed and unarmed combatant, and is extremely devoted to his job...or at least, to how he interprets it.

Japanese name: Camshaft

Fiction

Dreamwave comics continuity

After Starscream unleashed Menasor on Iacon, Downshift and his fellow Omnibots were sent by Ultra Magnus to stop him. They did not succeed, and may have been killed by the rampaging giant.

Toys

Generation 1

• Downshift (Omnibot, 1985)

Originally a Diaclone "Double Changer" Celica-type, Downshift transforms into a white Toyota Celica sports car, plus has a third "flight/attack" mode. Both Hasbro and Takara released him only through mail-order promotions rather than at regular retail (though in the US, some grocery store chains ultimately got bins full of them at discount.)

In the US, Downshift cost $5 and 4 robot points. In Japan, he cost 980 yen and 2 robot points.

External links

• Downshift at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.