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 ...

Manual transmissions have quietly become a niche skill, yet the drivers who still use them tend to be more attentive, more ...

Learning to drive a stick shift while being screamed at by a parent used to be a rite of passage for America’s youth, but times have changed. Studies have shown fewer and fewer people are bothering to ...

When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

Automatic transmissions make cars easier to drive, and modern ones are much improved. Yet manuals teach skills you can't get ...

MINNEAPOLIS — I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In ...

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Courtesy of General Motors, agents training to one day protect the president of the United States and other top officials will learn how to drive stick-shift vehicles. The U.S. Secret Service promoted ...

One Ford Bronco owner got a sour surprise after lending their vehicle to a friend. Evidently, that friend claimed to know how to drive a stick shift but only returned the SUV after completely ...