For me, it was always the manual transmission. Growing up during the 1990s, both mom and dad drove a car with a stick. Actually, come to think of it, that was also the case for my grandparents, as ...

Manual transmissions teach higher levels of car control, "mechanical sympathy" with your car, multitasking brain power, and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In ...

View post: AUDI’s Biggest SUV for China Debuts With Big Style and 590 lb-ft of Torque For many, the ability to drive a manual is the ultimate automotive litmus test. It’s often said you can’t truly be ...

Conventional cars with manual gearboxes will become off limits to future generations of drivers. Why is that so? Because over the last two decades or so, interest in automatic cars has spiked, and it ...

Want to feel more engaged when you drive and maybe save some gas while doing it? There's a reason that a lot of car enthusiasts insist on driving stick. Whether you're just learning to drive stick or ...

These may be the waning years of manual transmissions, but that doesn't mean we don't wish they would become available in ...

Manual transmissions have nearly vanished from the SUV market, yet driver engagement and trail control still matter to many ...

A manual transmission uses a stick to shift gears and a third pedal to operate the clutch. Current trends show that manual gear shifting is rapidly becoming obsolete. For select sports cars and ...

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