Saving the manual transmission needn't mean staying ... Effectively, when you hit the clutch pedal, the car decides — from shifter position, current engine speed, and other factors — whether ...

They also offer the manual transmission as a cheaper feature, with only non-turbo models with front-wheel drive featuring the ...

While the manual mode in an automatic car is fairly simple to operate, especially compared to a real manual shifter, you should remember that it's not exactly the same as a traditional manual setup.

"I learned to drive stick on a 1973 Pontiac Ventura with a three-on-tree manual. "Heavy clutch, worn out bushings in the shifter and almost impossible to get into reverse on a cold morning before ...

Sure, the manual GT3 is a lot slower in the all-important 0-to-60-mph dash than a model equipped with the company’s PDK dual-clutch automatic, but it’s also a whole lot more fun. A dying breed ...

The shifter tended to stick in neutral. Hill told me that the gearbox should naturally gravitate up to the next gear, and I realized I was using too much force on the stick.

The stick — now exclusive to the Si and Type ... summer tires and big Brembo brakes. Manual shifter standard. No rev matching here, but pedal placement is perfect and heel-and-toe downshifts ...

Are There Any Other Manual BMWs Left? While BMW has made a big deal about the Handschalter package, there are a few other new BMWs that still offer a stick shifter as standard. Both the current M3 ...

Americans have been left baffled at seeing a viral video about how a manual transmission in the car works - with many admitting they have no clue how to drive a stick shift.

On that front, Ford's EV shifter doesn't mindlessly go through the motions. Small motors are built into the base that provide force feedback through the lever. It can vibrate the stick like a ...

The Ford patent application titled Shifter Assembly For Electric Vehicle, was published on March 20 under number 2025/0092947 with the US Patent Office. It depicts a conventional gear stick ...

Add to that a possible stick-shift option for the Z4, sharing its 3.0-liter inline-six with the Toyota Supra, which just added a manual option. “Although no decision has been made” on whether ...