In a world dominated by continuously variable transmissions (CVTs), dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs), and sophisticated automatics, the manual transmission feels a bit anachronistic. Among today’s sea ...

When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

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 ...

Can you drive a stick shift? It is a question people don’t ask as often as they used to, but it is still something you might hear one of these days. You can turn away sheepishly and pretend that you ...

In recent years, automakers have introduced increasingly advanced driver assist systems. The act of driving is becoming more detached as manufacturers race to be the first to bring a fully-autonomous ...

Living in North America, sometimes it feels as though most people have never even seen a manual transmission – let alone know how to drive one. This is a bit of a misconception, though, as a ...

Shifting gears, the feel of the clutch underneath your hand. These mark the experience behind the wheel of a manual transmission car — now a rare breed in the U.S. Though the American auto industry ...

If you don’t have access to a manual-transmission car, it’s pretty tough to learn how to drive stick. Aside from begging a kind friend to let you tear their clutch to shreds, or going to one of ...