Automatic transmissions make cars easier to drive, and modern ones are much improved. Yet manuals teach skills you can't get ...

If you've ever looked at floor-mounted automatic transmission shift levers, with either disdain or genuine gratitude, you've probably noticed that they tend to fall into two main categories: the ones ...

As far as a driver is concerned, one new-car manual transmission is pretty much like another. Sure, the transmissions themselves might be different in how they’re oriented in the chassis, and maybe ...

In our tests, we've found that in some cars a manual transmission can improve gas mileage by a significant 2 to 5 mpg, ...

Jeep's 545RFE automatic transmission had two second gears with different ratios. One of the "second gears" was for shifting ...

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So, you've installed a later-model automatic transmission in your early Chevy and are wondering to yourself, "What's the easiest way to hook up the shift linkage?" If it was an auto-shift model to ...

The AODE transmission has come stock in Ford Mustangs since 1994, and it is now called the 4R70 or 4R70W. The "W" stands for wide, as in wide gear pattern. These transmissions have the desirable ...

Automakers like Porsche continue to offer stick shift vehicles for enthusiasts. As we recently reported, stick shift vehicles are making a comeback — sales are up a few percentage points and climbing.

Dylan is a motoring journalist and content creator from Scotland, with over a decade of experience in the automotive industry. He is currently vice president of the Association of Scottish Motoring ...

Some manufacturers like Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia and Can-Am offer bikes and trikes that are either semi- or fully-automatic, but converting a manual shifting bike to something resembling an automatic ...