Have you ever wondered how 18-wheelers are able to carry 60,000, 70,000, and even 80,000 pounds of cargo somewhat effortlessly down the highway, and sometimes even up steep mountain-side roads? The ...

A new Tremec 6-speed manual transaxle, engineered from the C8's DCT, revives the dream of a three-pedal Corvette. It handles ...

When this story was written in 2013, it asked this question about automated and automatic transmissions in over-the-road trucking: "Will they finally be able to make a strong inroads?" According to ...

Driver skill level, the operating environment, and life-cycle operating costs help determine the correct transmission type for your particular application. In the off-road environment, it is important ...

The manual transmission’s gradual disappearance from road cars makes it look like the end of the road for the third pedal. Some modern manuals, like a novel one offered by Hyundai, don’t even have a ...

How quickly has the performance world turned in 20 years? When Christian von Koenigsegg built his first Swedish missile in 2002, the Koenigsegg CC8S set a Guinness record for the most powerful ...

General Motors used a wide array of manual transmissions in its vehicles over the years, but the four-speed gearboxes from Muncie and Borg-Warner are undoubtedly the most popular. The Muncie ...

The tween riding in the back seat finally asked, “What is that thing you keep moving up there?” She had never seen “that thing” known as a six-speed stick shift, a manual transmission, a manny tranny, ...

Cars with manual transmissions have become an endangered species — but don’t declare them extinct just yet. Automakers still feature the three-pedal setup, if rarely, in today’s new or redesigned cars ...

We at AutoGuide.com love manual transmissions, but we also think there are a lot of fantastic automatic ones out there as well. Even CVTs… Manual transmissions aren’t the be-all, end-all to what makes ...