Drivers who keep vehicles past 150,000 miles already know the transmission is often the first major system to fail, turning a paid-off car into a repair bill that can exceed the vehicle’s value. Two ...

A small group of automatic transmissions has built a reputation for outlasting the vehicles they sit inside, and the engineering choices behind that durability are becoming clearer as federal ...

Manual transmissions are becoming increasingly rare as electric vehicles become standard, but the history of manual ...

If you think about it in the broadest terms, all cars are designed to do the same thing: move you around on four wheels at a faster speed than walking. However, it's the last part of that sentence ...

National Stick Shift Day is the holiday we here at Cars.com created to celebrate rowing your own gears, and if you’d like to honor the manual-transmission gods with your next new car purchase, here’s ...

Manual Transmission Cars Available in 2026: From affordable commuters to high-end sports cars, and SUVs, here’s what’s left for the three-pedal faithful. It wasn’t that long ago when manual ...

The manual transmission is not as ubiquitous now as it was 30 years ago, but manual gearboxes are still popular with a subset of enthusiast buyers. A solid selection of great performance cars can ...

When an engine fails, the loss is immediate, and usually very apparent via smoke, noise, and a loss of some or all power. When a transmission fails, however, it's much more subtle and insidious, ...