As someone who grew up with an insatiable passion for cars, one of the main criteria when I imported my dream JDM car was to get it with a manual. This might come as a shock to some people, and it ...

Shifting gears.

Learning to drive a manual transmission may have been a rite of passage for older generations, but not everyone is familiar with driving a stick. Manuals, which are called stick shifts in the U.S., ...

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Pulling into the test centre, I felt excitement bubbling up inside of me. I’d just finished my first driving test and my three-point turn, mirror, signal, manoeuvre, and traffic awareness were so ...

Neuroscientists believe that rowing your own gears helps work out the brain's prefrontal cortex.

Only 2% of new cars come with a manual transmission in 2026, so if someone says "riding the clutch" that may not mean much to modern car owners. While driving a manual, you want to press the clutch ...