Many gearheads prefer manual over automatic as it offers increased enjoyment behind the wheel, but stick shifts can often offer better performance as well.

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 ...

Driving “stick” is a popular term for those who know how to drive a car with a manual transmission. Manual transmissions, needing a unique skill set to wield, give drivers more control over shifting, ...

Need to service your automatic transmission? The market for automatic transmission fluid (ATF) has recently become saturated, if you'll pardon the pun. There used to be just two choices: Type F for ...

A notable shift in the types of transmissions used in fleets’ Class 8 trucks has occurred over the past five years. Manual transmissions reigned as king among fleets and seasoned truck drivers for ...

For so many car enthusiasts, driving a car with a manual transmission is a distillation of their passions for all things automotive. Remove the human element, and the facts are pretty simple: stick ...

Automatic transmissions are highly complex automotive components. They're significantly more complicated and challenging to work on than manual transmissions, which means expensive repairs and ...

Forget things like nuclear power, lasers, and freeze-dried ice cream. When it comes to back-engineered alien technology, the automatic transmission is a marvel of seemingly otherworldly intelligence.

For a while now, stick shifts have been a dying breed. Go to any local car meet or log on to most car-related internet forums and you'll hear enthusiasts and gearheads lament the lack of available ...

Generally speaking, most automatic transmissions can take a beating, and will last many hundreds of thousands of miles, but that doesn't mean they are invincible. Much like any other part of your car, ...

Discusses the new-fangled automatics being used to meet the desire to improve gas mileage Most new vehicles sold in the U.S. are equipped with automatic transmissions. The percentage has been well ...

Some drivers notice something odd after servicing an automatic transmission. The car may shift more abruptly, hesitate, or feel less smooth right after the fluid change, even if the transmission ...