The traditional "three on the tree" column shifter was a mainstay on vehicles through the 1970s, only to disappear for ...

One of the keys to efficient cycling performance is a consistent pedalling cadence. To achieve this the cyclist must always be in the correct gear, which can be tricky when your legs are burning and ...

On the heels of actor Anton Yelchin's untimely death, confusing and/or unintuitive automatic transmission shifters are in the news. Chrysler has already recalled its Monostable shifter; we look at ...

Imagine, for a second, you’re driving an automatic transmission-equipped vehicle and, for whatever reason, suddenly feel the urge to take manual control and shift down a gear. Without using any ...

Automatic transmissions are now used in most street machines, street rods, off-road vehicles, and drag race cars. With the addition of recalibration kits and new forward and reversed valve bodies, ...

Most people give little thought to their car’s shifter. According to a recent CR survey, more than 99 percent of CR members reported driving newer cars with an automatic transmission, which requires ...

Many cars nowadays are manufactured with automatic transmissions. Manual is not as comfortable as its counterpart, but it doesn’t necessarily stop consumers from liking the authentic driving ...

Only 4 percent of American drivers say that the vehicle they most often drive has a manual transmission, according to a May 2023 nationally representative CR survey (PDF) of 2,000 American adults. But ...

A new patent from Hyundai points to a stick shift that can change to an automatic shifter and has no physical connection to the gearbox.