When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

In a world dominated by continuously variable transmissions (CVTs), dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs), and sophisticated ...

I don’t mean to brag — actually, I do — but I successfully taught my 17-year-old son how to drive a stick shift. And he managed to learn it in about an hour. Even more impressive, there wasn’t any ...

Learning to drive a stick shift while being screamed at by a parent used to be a rite of passage for America’s youth, but times have changed. Studies have shown fewer and fewer people are bothering to ...

Six percent of the cars sold today have a manual transmission. I believe most teenagers should know how to drive a stick shift because there's more to it than being cool. It's a different way of ...

Both Ashley & Mitchell realized that they both shared the same stick-shift secret. A sort of ‘Co-Host Confession’ if you will. Which, as you may have guessed, we don’t know how to drive a stick-shift.

Typically, when we hear news about cars with manual transmissions or happen upon an article surrounding the manual, the usual ...

Learning to ride a motorcycle can be a challenging endeavor. You have to learn how to start, steer, and handle your bike safely. But without a doubt, the most difficult aspect is learning how to shift ...

We at Jalopnik have been talking manual transmissions lately, as starry-eyed gearheads often do, and I have found a new hill to die on: If you don't yet know how to drive a manual transmission, sign ...

There used to be many good reasons for a new driver to learn a manual transmission: To start with, cars with stick shifts were cheaper, more efficient and quicker. The longstanding barrier has been ...