Automatic and manual transmissions are built to survive years of abuse, yet the same internal parts tend to fail first when ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

Hyundai developed a manual transmission that allows the driver to shift through a gear lever without engaging a clutch pedal, but it isn't coming to the United States anytime soon. Announced by ...

When this story was written in 2013, it asked this question about automated and automatic transmissions in over-the-road trucking: "Will they finally be able to make a strong inroads?" According to ...

Enthusiasts know the deal all too well. The number of manual transmission cars are disappearing at an alarming rate. With the speed, efficiency, and reliability of modern automatic transmissions, ...

I’ve begun noticing that there’s nothing more controversial in the world of new motorcycles right now than the growing number of different “automatic” transmissions being rolled out to consumers by ...

From the November/December 2025 issue of Car and Driver. Despite our best efforts, our crusade to "Save the manuals!" has failed to keep the stick shift off the endangered-species list. When our ...

Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). It should be no ...

Automatic motorcycles aren't anything new, but a motorcycle with an optional-use clutch lever, such as a Honda's E-Clutch-equipped motorcycle, is not simply automatic. Now, these bikes, which have ...