Can driving a car benefit your brain? Yes, if it has a manual transmission. That’s the surprising result of research at Japan ...

The manual transmission may have another argument in its favor beyond driver engagement.

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 ...

According to the 2024 EPA Automotive Trends report, nearly 35% of all new vehicle models sold in 1980 were equipped with a manual transmission — but for 2024, that number has shrunk to below 1%. Yet ...

Being able to drive a manual transmission was once seen as a basic driving skill that people would actively seek out instruction for. Of course, buying your own manual transmission car is a great ...

Once upon a time, being able to handle a clutch was an essential part of driver’s ed. In fact, the automobile was more than 40 years old before the first commercially available automatic (the ...

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 Roselawn Cemetery ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. Like roll-up windows and cigarette lighters, manual transmissions are a dying ...