Years passed with car makers pushing one clear path ahead – packed with self-shifting transmissions, better fuel use, because onboard tech kept getting sharper, taking charge of nearly everything ...

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 ...

Manual transmissions have quietly become a niche skill, yet the drivers who still use them tend to be more attentive, more mechanically aware, and more in control of their cars. Operating a clutch and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. Like roll-up windows and cigarette lighters, manual transmissions are a dying ...

MINNEAPOLIS — I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In ...

I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In Roselawn Cemetery ...

A stick shift in a 2009 BMW M3. - The Car Spy/WikiMedia Commons Being able to drive a manual transmission was once seen as a basic driving skill that people would actively seek out instruction for. Of ...

The TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout began in 2016, thanks to Brent McCoy, as an impromptu showdown for the manual transmission-equipped competitors. It takes place on Friday and the rules are super simple ...

View post: Mazda’s Future EVs May Share The Brains Of Its Wild Concepts After Volkswagen dropped the manual transmission option from the Golf GTI and Golf R in North America, it seemed only a matter ...