Abstract: A remote control device for a speed-change transmission of a motor vehicle. A joint carrier, articulated to a vehicle part by a joint with a joint center immovable with respect to shifting movements, is connected by a universal joint with a gear shift rod leading to a gear shift device in the speed-change transmission and is adapted to be actuated to pivotal movements about the immovable joint center by a gear shift lever in a selection plane as well as in at least one shifting plane extending at right angles to the selection plane. A joint axis of a pair of pivots of the universal joint cooperating with the gear shift rod lies within or in parallel to the selection plane. The gear shift lever is pivotably mounted to a vehicle part by a second joint having a joint center immovable with respect to the shifting movements by lying offset or spaced from the immovable joint center of the joint carrier.