As automakers move toward efficiency and convenience, another round of manual transmissions bites the dust. Here are the ...

Now, it's either you engaging the clutch and changing the gears through the stick in the cabin ... converter unit, an automatic transmission also uses a planetary gear system, which consists ...

“An automatic transmission uses sensors that allow it to shift gears at the appropriate time by using the internal oil pressure.” Manual transmissions, often called “stick shifts,” require ...

And many drivers find driving with a stick more engaging and fun. We have bought several sets of test cars of different types with both manual transmission and automatic transmissions and run them ...

You may think of automotive automatic ... with a fixed first gear to assist with initial off-the-line acceleration, after which the continuously variable portion of the transmission takes over.

An automatic ... transmission that doesn’t require the driver to shift gears. There are more types of automatic transmissions than ever before, including conventional torque-converter step-gear ...