As much as I love manual transmissions, I'm not convinced every single vehicle would be better with a third pedal. I mean, what would you really get out of a Chevrolet Suburban with a stick? Clearly, ...

We’ve had a lot of fun whipping around our 2014 Mini Cooper S for the last several months. But in June, we were in for quite a surprise when the manual shift knob came off mid-gear-change! Not only ...

As automatic transmissions continue to become more efficient and popular, cars that have a manual are getting harder to find than a non-Zoom birthday party — but one brand is bringing them back. Mini ...

Mini doesn't want the ability to drive a manual transmission to become a lost art. To help do its part, the automaker recently launched a training initiative to teach interested drivers how to master ...

In recent years, automakers have introduced increasingly advanced driver assist systems. The act of driving is becoming more detached as manufacturers race to be the first to bring a fully-autonomous ...

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 ...

Any Gen X-er or "elder millennial" who has had a conversation with a Gen Z-er about driving a manual transmission has likely come to the shocking revelation that rowing gears is becoming a lost art.

While automatic transmissions are more efficient than ever before -- and many now beat manual transmissions on gas mileage -- fans of stick-shift gearboxes are quick to point out that guiding your car ...

Mini recently brought the manual transmission back to its line-up, and it wants as many people as possible to take advantage of it. It opened the Mini Manual Driving School at the BMW Performance ...