There are different arguments that can be made both for and against automatic and manual vehicle transmissions. Manual transmissions offer more nuanced control and an opportunity to better optimize ...

The automatic transmissions found in many modern vehicles are marvels of engineering. They rely on a huge number of internal parts, like clutch packs, various gears, solenoids, a valve body, hydraulic ...

I have always had a passion for cars. As a child, I used to spend hours playing with toy cars and imagining all sorts of incredible adventures. But as I got older, my love affair with cars only grew ...

Learning to drive stick? These are the best new and used cars with forgiving clutches, smooth gearboxes, and reliability ...

The Ford Bronco’s manual transmission is one of the last of its kind — a seven-speed with a crawler gear that keeps driving ...

Hardly anyone remembers this tiny and unassuming Dutch car, but they should. Slow and a little weird, it quietly kicked off ...

As a general rule, electric vehicles don’t have conventional multispeed transmissions as gas-powered cars do, with nearly all having just a single speed. (There are exceptions, which we’ll get to in a ...

"Three on the tree" refers to the shift lever and transmission type, with three forward gears and one reverse. In this configuration, the lever was on the steering column, also called “the tree,” ...