The manual transmission’s gradual disappearance from road cars makes it look like the end of the road for the third pedal. Some modern manuals, like a novel one offered by Hyundai, don’t even have a ...

Among the many things people fear the downturn of internal combustion will render a thing of the past is the manual transmission, and the engaging experience of shifting one’s own gears. Toyota ...

The manual gearbox is dying, but in certain regions, it has a new lease of life as it is being replaced by the AMT — Automated Manual Transmission. While AMTs may not be common in the United States, ...

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 ...

Several automakers experimented with equipping electric vehicles with multi-gear transmissions, but virtually none actually made it to production. The only two currently on sale are the Porsche Taycan ...

Key Points Models like the Miata, Supra, and GR86 have the highest manual take rates. Enthusiasts still choose stick shifts ...

Drivers who mourn the stick-shift box may yet have reasons to be optimistic. Could the very idea of manual shifting be ...

An electric car does not actually need a manual transmission. Even those with multi-gear transmissions as we know them, like the two-speed Porsche Taycan Turbo S, do so only to provide split options ...

For years, rising engine horsepower output quietly pushed the manual transmission to the sidelines. Automatic gearboxes took over at the top, offering faster shifts and fewer mechanical limits, to ...

Gone are the days when manual transmissions were faster than their automatic siblings. Today's lightning-fast automatics, like Porsche's PDK, can outperform even the most skilled driver. While ...