There used to be many good reasons for a new driver to learn a manual transmission: To start with, cars with stick shifts were cheaper, more efficient and quicker. The longstanding barrier has been ...
One in four driving tests in Great Britain are being taken in automatic cars, according to new data, as drivers opt for more electric vehicles (EVs) and shy away from manual gearboxes. Figures from ...
The market made up its mind a long time ago, and it wasn’t exactly subtle about it. The U.S. Department of Energy says 65% of all light-duty vehicles produced in 1980 had automatic transmissions, ...
If you've ever paid attention to the number of gears in your transmission, you might've noticed that those numbers have gone up over the years. Early automatic transmissions like the GM Hydra-Matic ...
Most new vehicles sold in the U.S. are equipped with automatic transmissions. The percentage has been well over 90% for the past number of years. You may have, however, noticed a change in terminology ...
If you've ever looked at floor-mounted automatic transmission shift levers, with either disdain or genuine gratitude, you've probably noticed that they tend to fall into two main categories: the ones ...