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Sales of Alfa Romeo’s pocket rocket, the MiTo, are set to be transformed in Australia with the arrival of an all-new twin clutch gearbox that combines all the advantages of manual and automatic gearboxes and eliminates the disadvantages.

“This gearbox could not be better suited to Australian driving conditions,” says Andrei Zaitzev, General Manager for Alfa Romeo in Australia. “It has the look and feel of a traditional automatic gearbox, from its Park/Reverse/Neutral/Drive gear lever to how it ‘creeps’ on idle, yet at the same time it has the performance and fuel consumption of an equivalent manual gearbox and, when called upon responds with the speed and dynamism of a manual gearbox. Add in the fact that it also has the latest version of the award-winning MultiAir engine and the fuel saving stop start system and it is clearly a technical tour de force. Indeed, the only other car that combines this type of transmission and stop start technology sits at the other end of the market from the MiTo.”

The new Mito TCT’s gearbox in concept consists of two gearboxes working in parallel, each with its own clutch. This allows the selection and engagement of the new gear while the previous one is still engaged. The gear is therefore changed with a simple gradual switch of the corresponding clutches, guaranteeing continuous power and torque delivery and, therefore now gap in delivery as the gear is changed.

The result is driving comfort and a sporty feeling well above that offered by conventional torque converter-equipped automatic transmissions, as proven by greater speed of gear shift, the possibility of selecting between manual or automatic mode and a near-zero power loss during the gear change. Fuel consumption is reduced by up to 10% compared to a traditional automatic hydraulic transmission with torque converter, a result that is further enhanced by the Stop Start system.

The new MiTo TCT is now available at Alfa Romeo Brisbane for viewing and test drives - to contact us, please email us or call 07 3634 8600. Prices start at only $34,990 drive away.