There’s an unspoken line drawn in the dirt at every truck stop in America: those who drive automatics, and those who swear by a stick. It sounds like a preference—but it runs deeper. One side sees ...
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 ...
The old manual vs. automatic argument doesn't disappear when you go off the pavement. In the world of off-roaders, the debate on transmission choice is just as heated as it is among track rats and ...
There used to be many good reasons for a new driver to learn a manual transmission: To start with, cars with stick shifts were cheaper, more efficient and quicker. The longstanding barrier has been ...
Manual driving has gone from a normal adult skill to a fun fact you can mention at parties, and in a surprisingly short span ...
The Tacoma is the last manual-transmission pickup left on the market. Will it find enough die-hards to keep it alive?
Nissan has done it again; they have found a way to make the Nissan Z even more exciting! As the new Nissan Z sports car nears its release, more and more enthusiasts are debating which transmission ...
Subaru is quietly working on a way to keep the joy of shifting gears alive in a future dominated by batteries and software. A new patent for a simulated manual transmission suggests the company wants ...
The digital transformation appears close to killing the manual truck transmission. Over the past decade, the trucking industry has discovered that automatic transmissions are better than humans at ...
As part of our celebration of this year’s National Stick Shift Day, we thought we’d take a look at Cars.com inventory listings and help shoppers find which used cars have the most manual-equipped ...