The traditional manual transmission, which features an H-pattern or sequential configuration, is dead. Enthusiasts will cry, but they need to get over it. The world has moved on and built better ...

Only 4 percent of American drivers say that the vehicle they most often drive has a manual transmission, according to a May 2023 nationally representative CR survey (PDF) of 2,000 American adults. But ...

Paddle shifters are levers positioned behind one or both sides of a car’s steering wheel. They are usually attached to the back of the steering wheel and turn with the wheel, but on some cars, the ...

As the associate director of vehicle technology at CR’s Auto Test Center, Kelly Funkhouser drives a lot of cars and is always on the lookout for issues related to the usability of various automotive ...