The invention provides an automobile gear shifter, and belongs to the technical field of automobiles. The automobile gear shifter comprises a pedestal, a cover ring, a rotary central ball, an operating arm and a gear choosing arm, wherein the pedestal is provided with a first shaft hole and a ball seat hole, a lining ring clamping groove is formed on the lower side of the first shaft hole, the gear choosing arm is provided with a second shaft hole and a spherical shaft hole, the rotary central ball is provided with a first spherical pin, the cover ring is embedded into the ball seat hole, the rotary central ball is mounted in the cover ring, the operating arm is connected to the rotary central ball, the gear choosing arm is connected to the rotary central ball and hinged to the pedestal through a shaft that is provided with a lining ring and a clamping ring, the lining ring is composed of a substrate and a first embedding part, the substrate is provided with a concave part and a clamping block which can be embedded into the lining ring clamping groove, the clamping ring is composed of a claw part, a buffer part and a second embedding part, two end faces of the buffer part are convex arc surfaces, the claw part is formed by a plurality of claw strips in an encircling manner, and the second embedding part is coaxially arranged with the buffer part. The automobile gear shifter has the advantages of high safety performance and low noise.