The death of the manual transmission has been talked about and debated upon for decades, and with more and more people adopting EVs, it may be in our lifetimes we see the last manual transmission car.

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

Modern drivers are faced with several options when deciding upon their ideal vehicle. These include gas or electric power, its drivetrain — be it a front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, or four-wheel ...

Manual-transmission vehicles were once the norm in the U.S., with 70% of American cars being stick-shift in 1942, while only 30% shifted automatically. Manual transmissions came with a steep learning ...

In 1993, American car buyers could still get a four-speed manual transmission in a new Hyundai Excel (and its Mitsubishi Precis twin), a Pontiac (Daewoo) LeMans and a Toyota Tercel (plus a handful of ...

If you told me a decade ago that Toyota — the company that gave us the "Camry Effect" ad campaign — would reposition itself to be one of the last bastions for accessible performance in the auto ...

Manual transmissions are now almost exclusively for enthusiast vehicles and in many cases require an upcharge. Once the choice of both sports car purists and miserly economy car buyers, the manual ...

The idea of a manual transmission on an electric vehicle seems a far thought presently, as current EV models only come with automatic transmission. However, a recent patent filing by Japanese carmaker ...