Auto journalists are a little intimidating, and auto readers even more. So, what I’m about to say is probably the most terrifying thing I’ll write on Driving. Here it goes: I can’t drive a manual. In ...

Knowing how to drive a car equipped with a manual transmission is more important than it might seem. Even if your daily driver is automatic, you may get stuck in a foreign country renting a car from a ...

When Linda Waterhouse was 16, she went out with a friend who had too much to drink and couldn’t drive home. If her friend’s car had been an automatic, there wouldn’t have been a problem – but it had a ...

One of these days our Save the Manuals campaign will arrive at its inevitable end. Even if the ol’ stick shift wins a battle every now and then, newer, smoother, and faster transmission technology is ...

Even before the first electric cars arrived on sale, it was entirely possible to go through life without learning how to drive a car with a manual transmission. Odds were, even if your family was ...

Cars with manual transmissions aren’t exactly popular among shoppers today. According to J.D. Power, in the third quarter of 2019 more buyers in the U.S. purchased an electric car than one with a ...

While an automatic is taken for granted by most people buying a new car today, the option to buy a new car with a manual transmission is becoming more difficult as manufacturers quietly phase-out the ...

Learning to drive a car with a manual transmission (also known as a stick-shift) was once a rite of passage in Australia but, thanks to the rise in popularity of automatics, the old cog-swapper ...

Driving a manual car might be second nature or a completely new and daunting prospect. Whether you’re a novice with a ‘stick shift’ or seasoned clutch operator, there will always be something you can ...