The compact, organized pattern for drivers wasn’t always so easily recognized, but it has helped cars become safer and more efficient. Question: Why is the gearshift lever in a manual transmission car ...

If we break a car's transmission down to its simplest and most essential aspects, its job is to regulate the power supplied by the engine to the wheels. It does this by changing the gears in the unit ...

When we started our campaign to Save the Manuals in 2010, we never imagined a future like this—a psuedo-manual gearbox for an EV. Toyota's prototype features both an H-pattern gear shifter and a ...

Having a transmission in a car is something most of us take for granted. It's just part of the car. It belongs there, just like the tires or the steering wheel, but have you ever given any thought as ...

The Koenigsegg CC850 that debuted during August's 2022 Monterey Car Week is a re-imagination of the Swedish firm's first production car, and one of the highlights is a transmission like no other.

The manual transmission is starting to go the way of the dodo, although there are still several new cars, trucks, and SUVs you can buy that have a stick shift — and, of course, used options abound.

Knowing how to drive a car equipped with a manual transmission is more important than it might seem. Even if your daily driver is automatic, you may get stuck in a foreign country renting a car from a ...

A dual-clutch transmission is an automated manual transmission with two sets of gears, each operated by a separate clutch. Related: Are Manual Transmissions Cheaper to Repair and Maintain Than ...

I slot the gearshift of the Intense Blue 2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR into what is usually 1st gear, and slowly let out the clutch. The car rolls backward, which isn’t good because Aston Martin’s ...