Yep, it looks like it's not offered anymore

It is still sold in Italy (just checked www.alfaromeo.it) so maybe there is a way to order it.

 

That's a shame - anybodt have any ideas as to why it might have been discontinued, particular problems with it etc ?

 

It may just be that Alfa UK stopped importing them, just like they didn't import any 2.5V6 156 after the 2003 facelift.

 

A very bizarre strategy...

 

For some bizarre reason, selespeed has never sold well in the UK. I don't know why because I think its just fantastic , but there you go. They tried to pull the selespeed version of the 156GTA because only ten were sold. . . . They sell well in other countries.
Neil

 

I am still sure you can order one in Italy or other country nearby (Belgium?) and get it made in RHD.

Friend of mine bought his (non Alfa ) car that way, though he had to go to Belgium to pick it up.

 

The GT JTS Selespeed is still listed on the Alfa Romeo Ireland website, so it looks like RHD are still available.

 

Well, as mentioned above, selespeed transmission is somehow very poorly received in the UK market

 

Many thanks for your input everyone, I'll check out the situation with the local dealers - nice to know there are no particular problems with it...

 

I mean, one of our fellow AOers is getting a Brera to the UAE, so a GT 2.0 SS to your neck of the woods shouldn't be a problem

 

Likewise, mine's been fine for the 2.5 years I've owned the car. Didn't think I would like it at first, but now I really enjoy it.

 

The Selespeed on my GTA works fine and it's a pleasure to use

As an Automatic driver you can leave it in auto "City" mode, but you can still over-ride it whenever you want, to make up or down changes via the paddles or the sequential stick shift. Manual drivers like myself simply leave it in manual and drive on the paddles and/or stick shift. Either way it's a great system

 

I have not driven a selespeed, but have driven a couple of other cars with similar systems (not sports cars in any guise to be fair) and what really annoyed me was the delay before the gear change when you flip the paddle. Is Alfa selespeed more rapid ?

 

I think Selespeed in this country suffered because people simply thought it'd go wrong or couldn't be bothered to adjust their driving style to it.

I remember when my dad first test-drove a 147 six years ago, it was a Selespeed. He hated it because he couldn't get the hang of it and I thought it was just something else that could go wrong whereas a manual wouldn't.

Sometimes we're not the most progressive thinkers in this country!

 

What I liked about the SS is that even if you "mess it up" and forget to downshift (come on, it's happened to the best of us ), the system does it automatically when (I think) the revs have dropped too low.