Knowing how to handle a manual gearbox now feels like earning street cred among car lovers. This ability sets folks apart, showing they’re really into cars on a deeper level. These days, when most ...
Image Credit: Tuner tom - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0/Wiki Commons. A truly fast manual car delivers a kind of satisfaction that a stopwatch can only partly explain. The number still matters, but so does ...
Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. Like roll-up windows and cigarette lighters, manual transmissions are a dying ...
Joel Steele made a name for himself after his 2012 Mustang became the first domestic, H-pattern manual transmission car to break into the 6s at FL2K earlier this year. That achievement made his car ...
Once upon a time, being able to handle a clutch was an essential part of driver’s ed. In fact, the automobile was more than 40 years old before the first commercially available automatic (the ...
Despite strong consumer demand and high take rates, BMW’s M head says it’ll be hard to keep the stick shift alive. BMW M head Frank Van Meel says that it'll be "difficult" to keep manual transmissions ...
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Think the '60s had the most powerful manual muscle cars? This modern monster will make you think again.
This unusual arrangement was thanks to a company called the Stick Shift Driving Academy. The online service pairs people who want to learn how to drive a stick shift with people who have a car with a ...