Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

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 ...

The manual transmission truck has been slowly dying out since the mid-2000s. In fact, America's most popular pickup truck – ...

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

Hyundai developed a manual transmission that allows the driver to shift through a gear lever without engaging a clutch pedal, but it isn't coming to the United States anytime soon. Announced by ...

When this story was written in 2013, it asked this question about automated and automatic transmissions in over-the-road trucking: "Will they finally be able to make a strong inroads?" According to ...

CARS.COM — Manual transmissions are usually cheaper to maintain and repair than automatics because the latter are far more complex and have more parts and functions that can fail, but it may depend on ...

A V8 engine can solve a lot of problems, but combine it with a supercharger and a manual transmission, and it creates pure driving happiness. This video celebrates the thrill, control, and sheer fun ...

From the November/December 2025 issue of Car and Driver. Despite our best efforts, our crusade to "Save the manuals!" has failed to keep the stick shift off the endangered-species list. When our ...

Enthusiasts know the deal all too well. The number of manual transmission cars are disappearing at an alarming rate. With the speed, efficiency, and reliability of modern automatic transmissions, ...