A shift lever assembly for selecting gears in a gearbox of a vehicle, the shift lever assembly comprising: a gearshift lever pivotally mounted with respect to a pivot point and which gearshift lever is pivotable between a plurality of gear selection positions and gear shift positions, a longitudinally-extending shift rod able to be operatively coupled at its distal end, which is distal with respect to the gearshift lever, to a selection mechanism of the gearbox such as to be able to transfer to the gearbox any shift and selection commands generated by the pivotal movement of the shift lever, a shift movement of the gearshift lever will be considered to involve a longitudinal movement in a x-axis of the distal end of the shift rod and a rotation about a y-axis of the gearshift lever and a selection movement of the gearshift lever will be considered to involve a transverse movement in the x-axis and a rotation of the gearshift lever around the x-axis, wherein the y-axis extends in a horizontal plane through the pivot point and perpendicular to the x-axis, and a vertical z-axis extends through the pivot point and perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the x- and y-axes and generally in the direction of the gearshift lever; a longitudinally-extending reaction rod able to be pivotably coupled at its distal end, which is distal with respect to the gearshift lever, to the gearbox; characterized in that the shift lever assembly comprises a first connection shaft extending from said pivot point, wherein a floating link having a link body with a first end and a second end is mounted at said first end to said first connection shaft and is adapted to be rotatable around the longitudinal axis of said first connection shaft, wherein the longitudinal axis of the floating link extends from said longitudinal axis of the first connection shaft laterally at an angle α with respect to the x-axis in the horizontal plane, wherein a second connection shaft is rotatably mounted at said second end of the floating link and is adapted to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis which is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the first connection shaft, wherein the second connection shaft has an upper first end and a lower second end, wherein the terms upper and lower referring to the relative position of the first and second ends along the z-axis, wherein a proximal end of the reaction rod, which is opposite to its distal end, is pivotably connected by a joint to the upper first end of the second connection shaft, wherein a proximal end of the shift rod, which is opposite to its distal end, is pivotably connected to the lower second end of the second connection shaft by a joint, and that the joint connecting the proximal end of the shift rod to the lower second end of the second connection shaft is arranged at a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the second connection shaft from the pivot axis of the joint connecting the proximal end of the reaction rod to the upper first end of the second connection shaft. a gearshift lever pivotally mounted with respect to a pivot point and which gearshift lever is pivotable between a plurality of gear selection positions and gear shift positions, a longitudinally-extending shift rod able to be operatively coupled at its distal end, which is distal with respect to the gearshift lever, to a selection mechanism of the gearbox such as to be able to transfer to the gearbox any shift and selection commands generated by the pivotal movement of the shift lever, a shift movement of the gearshift lever will be considered to involve a longitudinal movement in a x-axis of the distal end of the shift rod and a rotation about a y-axis of the gearshift lever and a selection movement of the gearshift lever will be considered to involve a transverse movement in the x-axis and a rotation of the gearshift lever around the x-axis, wherein the y-axis extends in a horizontal plane through the pivot point and perpendicular to the x-axis, and a vertical z-axis extends through the pivot point and perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the x- and y-axes and generally in the direction of the gearshift lever;