[Choppies]

Thinking of buying one. It's says automatic but does that mean selespeed, as I've heard that gives bother. Would love a manual but the wife can't drive one!! Any points for/against will be appreciated

 

[Peter]

there's not much information on the newer Alfa's on this forum... I think you're better off, depending on where you are located, on English www.alfaowner.com or continental europe sites like www.alfaclub.nl
Good luck!

 

[Erik]

Peter is right, Alfaowner is the place to look and ask.
But, a 156 2,5 V6 Automatic is not the Selespeed box. It's a more conventional autobox, the modern type with electronic management and a facility to change gears up and down manually with a stick. It's the same box as used in the bigger 166, I think Alfa calls it Q-matic
Erik

 

[Vsix]

Its called Q-system, its made by Aisin and has 4-speeds and H_pattern to change also manually, 3 different modes:city, sport and ice. I think its quite ok but it takes much away from performance...

166 has 4-speed ZF box (Sportronic) and in new JTD? models 5-speed Aisin