One of the main benefits of driving a vehicle with a manual transmission is increased fuel economy. But how exactly does a manual gearbox make your car more efficient? Some of the factors involved are ...

The manual transmission is starting to go the way of the dodo, although there are still several new cars, trucks, and SUVs you can buy that have a stick shift — and, of course, used options abound.

The neutral (N) gear in a manual transmission vehicle is not exactly a gear like first (1), second (2), third (3), or reverse (R). Placing the shift lever in neutral means the transmission is not ...

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If you are often driving a manual transmission car, you've probably had instances where you skipped from first to third gear or even went from fifth gear down to third gear. It seems faster and more ...

There are fewer and fewer stick shift options each year, but the manual gearboxes that are left roaming the Earth are at least very good ones.

Here is the popular Japanese sports sedan, which is fast, and has kept the manual transmission alive.

These days, automatic transmissions are usually quicker to reach 60 mph than their manual counterparts. But a few manual ...