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 ...

Key Points Models like the Miata, Supra, and GR86 have the highest manual take rates. Enthusiasts still choose stick shifts ...

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If you’ve been paying attention to news about the all-new 2024 Toyota Tacoma, you’ve undoubtedly heard that Toyota is sticking with one of the truck’s most coveted features: the six-speed manual ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The 2022 Cadillac CT4-V and the 2022 Honda Civic hatchback wouldn't seem to have much in common - different designs, different engines and very different price tags. However, ...

A manual transmission uses a stick to shift gears and a third pedal to operate the clutch. Current trends show that manual gear shifting is rapidly becoming obsolete. For select sports cars and ...

Former JLR chassis guru Mike Cross once told me he thought it was no bad thing that there weren’t many 500+hp cars available with manual transmissions because, with that much grunt on hand, drivers ...

Drivers who mourn the stick-shift box may yet have reasons to be optimistic. Could the very idea of manual shifting be ...

Despite car enthusiasts’ best efforts, the manual transmission’s days are numbered. Blame it on electrification, future autonomous technologies, or the fact that kids these days just don’t care about ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Japanese automaker is reportedly working on a manual transmission for electric cars. Will the stick-obsessed ...

VanMoof has released a firmware update for its S3 and X3 e-bikes that allows for manual gear shifting. If you’re thinking that sounds like a pretty basic feature for a bicycle, you’d be right. But ...