A car doesn’t necessarily need to have a manual transmission to be fun to drive, but an otherwise-boring car can feel a lot more exciting with a stick shift. Shifting on your own can make you feel ...

When you're first learning to drive a manual transmission, simply getting the car to roll forward without violently stalling feels like the biggest challenge in the world. Eventually, though, you get ...

My dad taught me how to drive a manual transmission in a church parking lot using a 1951 Willys Station Wagon. That might not seem like the greatest vehicle for a new driver to learn how to drive ...

When it comes to vehicles, everyone has their own preferences, especially in terms of transmission. Most people go with an auto stick for convenience, but others like to have more control over driving ...

The stick shift is choking. The popularity of cars and trucks with manual transmissions is falling sharply as fewer Americans learn how to drive them and automakers avoid making them. On top of that, ...

My expertise in automated manual transmissions (AMTs) and dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs) comes from many years of experience in researching and writing about these transmissions for a wide variety ...

The stick shift is choking. The popularity of cars and trucks with manual transmissions is falling sharply as fewer Americans learn how to drive them and automakers avoid making them. On top of that, ...