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 ...

When Ahmed Raza bought his stick-shift car just a few years ago, he’d never before driven one. He figured out the basics right then and there, with the benefit of a parking lot and some patience, and ...

With manufacturers opting for auto transmissions, the stick shift experience isn't the guaranteed rite of passage it once was ...

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 ...

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 ...

BREA, Calif. (WHTM) — Like almost all her friends, 16-year-old Ellie Forgues has a smartphone. But like almost none of them — and like an increasingly small minority of Americans of all ages — she ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learning to drive a manual transmission is undoubtedly more challenging than mastering an automatic, which explains why most people, especially in the U.S., prefer the latter. But there are definitely ...