According to the 2024 EPA Automotive Trends report, nearly 35% of all new vehicle models sold in 1980 were equipped with a manual transmission — but for 2024, that number has shrunk to below 1%. Yet ...

Automakers like Porsche continue to offer stick shift vehicles for enthusiasts. As we recently reported, stick shift vehicles are making a comeback — sales are up a few percentage points and climbing.

As far as a driver is concerned, one new-car manual transmission is pretty much like another. Sure, the transmissions themselves might be different in how they’re oriented in the chassis, and maybe ...

Automatic transmissions are now used in most street machines, street rods, off-road vehicles, and drag race cars. With the addition of recalibration kits and new forward and reversed valve bodies, ...

Cars are faster than ever before and part of that improvement in overall quickness comes down to lightning-fast automatic transmissions. At the same time, it’s clear that many enthusiasts believe that ...