For many, the ability to drive a manual is the ultimate automotive litmus test. It’s often said you can’t truly be a “car guy” or “car gal” without mastering clutch control and having at least three ...

Caitlin Graham wanted to learn to drive in an automatic car as she hoped the test would be quicker to pass without having to get to grips with a gear box. But the 22-year-old says she had little ...

Manual driving has gone from a normal adult skill to a fun fact you can mention at parties, and in a surprisingly short span ...

Shifting gears, the feel of the clutch underneath your foot. 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 ...

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 ...

If you are often driving a manual transmission car, you've probably had instances where you skipped from first to third gear or even went from fifth gear down to third gear. It seems faster and more ...

According to the 2024 EPA Automotive Trends report, nearly 35% of all new vehicle models sold in 1980 were equipped with a manual transmission — but for 2024, that number has shrunk to below 1%. Yet ...