Manual transmissions, while increasingly rare in modern vehicles, are often affectionately known as "stick shifts" among ...

In today’s edition of What the Heck, we have the strange case of Ford wanting to put what is essentially a fake manual shifter in its electric vehicles. The company has applied for a patent that aims ...

Sales numbers say one thing, but the waiting lists say another.

When you talk about the thrill of driving, it's hard to ignore its active elements: feathering the throttle, trail braking, turning the steering wheel into a gentle bend, or grabbing a clean heel-toe ...

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 ...

Yes. Classic Mustang three-speed and four-speed shifters were designed to function smoothly for five to seven years and roughly 100,000 miles-and most didn't last that long. It isn't that these ...

Rowing the gears in a manual-transmission car used to be so simple. Back in the old four-speed days, your forward gears formed an “H” pattern. Then came the five-speed gearbox, which put fifth gear to ...

You'll only find the mysterious letter on the gear sticks of certain Ford trucks, and it's unlikely you'll often have a ...

While stick-shift cars aren't in vogue anymore, with automatic shifters being the industry standard, there are still plenty of older and custom rides out there with manual transmissions. As long as ...

Normal drivers and cyclists usually have a somewhat contentious relationship, but let me tell you, it doesn’t have to be that way. We both have wheels, right? And maybe if there were a few more ...

Ty is an experienced writer, editor and journalist. He has been reviewing vehicles and covering automotive news full-time for nearly a decade for outlets such as Gear Patrol and InsideEVs. Ferrari may ...

For a long time hot rodders have had to make tough choices. One of these was choosing between a manual and automatic transmission. For the road course nothing beats rowing through the gears manually.