Alfa Romeo Brera Interior

You might be wondering what Selespeed actually is, its Alfa’s new robotised electro-hydraulic system for manual sequential and automatic gear changes. The system allows the driver to decide how he wants to drive. In manual sequential mode, he changes up by ‘pushing’ the shift in the opposite direction to the direction of the car, and he reverses the action to change down.

This functioning logic is typical of sporty gear changes in which it is the inertia of the motion of the car and the driver that intuitively suggests how to use the gearbox. In automatic mode, the gearbox acts like any other auto gearbox by selecting the best ratio to engage.