Driving a manual vehicle is a lost art. Hopes of a revival have fallen flat. With the rise of EVs and autonomous vehicles, only a few die-hards hold on.

Years passed with car makers pushing one clear path ahead – packed with self-shifting transmissions, better fuel use, because onboard tech kept getting sharper, taking charge of nearly everything ...

While automatic transmissions dominate the market, these cars still offer a manual gearbox for enthusiasts in 2026.

For manual enthusiasts the figures are grim. Less than 1% of new vehicles made for the U.S. market are stick shifts. So, if ...

Close-up of a woman's hand shifting gears with a manual transmission - Lordhenrivoton/Getty Images If you're a fan of cars and enjoy spending time in that world, then you're probably already familiar ...

I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In Roselawn Cemetery ...

Toyota build quality Updated interior ergonomics with modern tech At least there's a stick shift at all! Respectable suspension, locking rear diff, disconnecting sway bars Almost a year and a half ...

There was a time, not terribly long ago, when manual transmissions were everywhere. In fact, back in the 1980s, '90s, and even into the 2000s, manual transmissions were standard equipment on many of ...

The manual transmission’s future is in question and has been for several years now. It’s alive because of enthusiasts, plain and simple. The take rates for the performance models an available manual ...

Ever wonder why Polaris gets to name their adventure-focused side-by-side the XPedition without Ford going hog-wild with the lawyers? Well, it's the same legal trickery that allowed the Schwinn ...