When Kia introduced the facelifted Rio for Europe a few weeks ago, the press release briefly touted a clutch-by-wire six-speed manual transmission that would improve gas mileage and reduce CO2 ...

Have you ever wondered what is happening inside a vehicle when you press the clutch pedal? Or why do you need to press the clutch pedal before you shift gears in a manual transmission? This video ...

Until now, the How It Works series has focused on how an engine makes power. Now we'll fill you in on how engine power is made usable to propel a car. The parts used to get the car moving consist of ...

Manual transmissions are a dying breed in the four-wheeled world, but we motorcyclists still use them as our primary method of connecting engines to wheels. We learn clutch control from day one of the ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

Porsche and Audi both used the technology in racecars of the 1980s, but it took until 2003 for Volkswagen to introduce the technology in a road car – the Golf R32. Now dual clutch gearboxes are in a ...

Part 6 of the SL55 AMG manual swap series just got real! I found what might be the perfect manual gearbox, and not in a shop, but buried in a junkyard. This unexpected discovery could be the key to ...

Few things can strike fear into a new driver’s heart, or joy to an enthusiast, like seeing the three pedals that indicate a manual transmission. While the “stick shift” was once the only type offered, ...