Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...

Unlike an automatic transmission that switches gears depending on the vehicle's speed, a manual transmission requires the driver to make the change with the stick shift. For drivers new to manual ...

Can you drive a stick shift? It is a question people don’t ask as often as they used to, but it is still something you might hear one of these days. You can turn away sheepishly and pretend that you ...

There's a bit of mystery behind the operations of a car's transmission. Unlike the engine, which receives a lot of attention, a car's transmission can be confusing to novice drivers, particularly an ...

New and revolutionary aren’t always better than the tried-and-true… when it comes to shifters. The automotive world is in a perpetual state of transformation, and while innovations in electrification, ...

The automatic transmission in a typical car or truck handles multiple driving modes, like D for Drive, R for Reverse, or N for Neutral. The system also includes a parking mechanism, often marked P, ...