A major problem for the survival of the manual transmission is the dwindling number of people who know how to drive stick. Mini is trying to do something about that. The automaker is launching a ...

Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...

Cars with manual transmissions aren’t exactly popular among shoppers today. According to J.D. Power, in the third quarter of 2019 more buyers in the U.S. purchased an electric car than one with a ...

Stick shift is back in the MINI cars with November 2022 production vehicles for the U.S. market. The German-owned brand wants to lure in more customers for the emblematic automobile. Since the ...

Mini USA announced Friday it will launch a driving course specifically to teach people how to drive using a manual transmission. The news comes hot on the heels of certain Mini models regaining their ...

I don’t mean to brag — actually, I do — but I successfully taught my 17-year-old son how to drive a stick shift. And he managed to learn it in about an hour. Even more impressive, there wasn’t any ...

If you've been driving stick for awhile, chances are someone's asked you to teach them how to do it as well. It might sound like a daunting task, but this quick video explainer from Wyatt Knox at the ...

Renting a car for a month in Portugal seemed like a smart financial decision—until I realized the roads were narrow, the ...

Training wheels may sound like a backhanded compliment, but the 2022 Toyota GR86 teaches untrained track drivers all the basics, even those quickly fading from style. With a manual transmission, ...

A manual is often seen as the connoisseur’s choice, but what are the actual positives? For many, the ability to drive a manual is the ultimate automotive litmus test. It’s often said you can’t truly ...