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 ...

Subaru is trying to solve a problem most EV makers pretend does not exist: electric cars are quick and efficient, but for drivers raised on three pedals and a gear lever, they can feel oddly sterile.

Key Points Models like the Miata, Supra, and GR86 have the highest manual take rates. Enthusiasts still choose stick shifts when driving engagement is the priority.Luxury and mid-tier performance cars ...

I've been driving since I was 16, but because I hail from Australia, a country with huge highways and giant commuting times (though not as many kangaroos on the road as you'd imagine), I learned to ...

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 ...

Do you own, or plan to own, a stick shift car? If you’ve ever gotten behind the wheel of one of these types of vehicles, you know that there’s a certain degree of finesse required to operate them. You ...

The stick shift has been given a lifeline—and not from who you might be expecting. After decades in decline, sales of vehicles with manual transmissions actually rose last year, reports The Wall ...

Even if it is considered a lost art in many parts of the world, driving a stick shift is not as unpopular as you might think, especially when you take into consideration all the bonus points it offers ...

I’m driving to work on the last stretch of a long commute, wending through snow-slick roads in Weston, when I come to what I like to think of as “the big turn.” It’s a left that usually involves ...

Faith Bottum writes of a few reasons to commend a stick shift (“The Dying Art of Driving a Stick Shift,” op-ed, March 28), such as lower cost and less theft, largely because there are few people left ...

If avocados can get a national holiday, so can stick shifts. In 2018, Cars.com dubbed July 16 as National Stick Shift Day, a time to pay homage to the joys of short throws and working all the pedals.

Whether you have a stick shift car now or want to put one in the driveway in the future, there’s a certain amount of finesse required to be able to safely and efficiently operate a car with a manual ...