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According to the Car Crazy episode " Le Mans Museum of the Automobile ", the paddle shifter interface could be found as early as 1912.

The system used an inner steering wheel to select a gear level and can be seen on the " Bollée Type F Torpédo " of 1912, on show at the " Musée Automobile de la Sarthe " at the Le Mans race circuit.