When you talk about the thrill of driving, it's hard to ignore its active elements: feathering the throttle, trail braking, turning the steering wheel into a gentle bend, or grabbing a clean heel-toe ...

A company called Minottek, started by Mazda MX-5 enthusiast Ryan Conforti, has released a polished-looking gated shifter assembly for first-generation (NA) MX-5 Miatas. The kit should seamlessly fit ...

Yes. Classic Mustang three-speed and four-speed shifters were designed to function smoothly for five to seven years and roughly 100,000 miles-and most didn't last that long. It isn't that these ...

With automatics, DCTs and various other modern alternatives making driving more convenient than ever, take rates for manuals have been down for quite some time. Moreover, the growth of the EV segment ...

Forty-five years ago, Ford brought us some mighty hardy manual transmissions. The Top Loader three- and four-speed transmissions were tough and durable, and they remain the standard today in all-out ...

If Porsche can pull this off, it could be a huge step to saving the manual.

The performance sedan may be on life support, but that’s not going to keep General Motors’ equally slippery luxury brand from pandering to life’s most precious luxury: a brand new V8 sedan with a ...

Rowing the gears in a manual-transmission car used to be so simple. Back in the old four-speed days, your forward gears formed an “H” pattern. Then came the five-speed gearbox, which put fifth gear to ...

For a long time hot rodders have had to make tough choices. One of these was choosing between a manual and automatic transmission. For the road course nothing beats rowing through the gears manually.

As avid readers of The Drive might vividly recall, I am not the biggest fan of BMW’s manual transmissions. The shifter is always rubbery, pedal placement is disagreeable, and they’re simply more ...