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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- With advancements in automatic transmissions, driving a stick shift seems to be a lost art. But a manual transmission does give you more control, and some teenagers learned ...
Mazda has whittled its manual transmission offerings down to just two vehicles, the MX-5 Miata and the Mazda3 Hatchback. In ...
A manual transmission uses a stick to shift gears and a third pedal to operate the clutch. Current trends show that manual gear shifting is rapidly becoming obsolete. For select sports cars and ...
View post: From Blizzard Warnings to Red Flag Alerts: Every Major Weather Event Hitting U.S. Roads on Monday, March 30 Mini recently brought the manual transmission back to its line-up, and it wants ...
I'm sad to report that my manual driving days are over. I thought I could still hang, but nope, I can't do it anymore. A combination of dealing with Osgood-Schlatter disease plus old football injuries ...
Porsche is exploring a new transmission concept that could redefine how drivers interact with performance cars, blending the ...
WASHINGTON - Stick shifts could be going the way of whitewall tires, running boards and rumble seats. As recently as 1985, more than 50 percent of male car buyers said they wanted a stick shift. Last ...
Faith Bottum writes of a few reasons to commend a stick shift (“The Dying Art of Driving a Stick Shift,” op-ed, March 28), such as lower cost and less theft, largely because there are few people left ...
The premium Japanese automaker wants to "build engagement and excitement" with the new Interactive Manual Drive "fake-shift" ...