Automatic transmissions make cars easier to drive, and modern ones are much improved. Yet manuals teach skills you can't get ...

In our tests, we've found that in some cars a manual transmission can improve gas mileage by a significant 2 to 5 mpg, ...

Automatic transmissions cost thousands to repair or replace, yet transmission experts warn that seemingly innocent daily habits are the leading cause of most failures. According to automotive ...

Most people give little thought to their car’s shifter. According to a recent CR survey, more than 99 percent of CR members reported driving newer cars with an automatic transmission, which requires ...

Faith Bottum writes of a few reasons to commend a stick shift (“The Dying Art of Driving a Stick Shift,” op-ed, March 28), such as lower cost and less theft, largely because there are few people left ...

Because we use them every day, the operation of a car seems simple, but a car is a very complex machine. One of the most complex systems in the typical vehicle is the automatic transmission. This ...

Learning to drive in the UK isn’t like learning to drive in the U.S., and not only because drivers sit on different sides of the car. If British drivers want to drive a car with a manual transmission ...