Key Points Models like the Miata, Supra, and GR86 have the highest manual take rates. Enthusiasts still choose stick shifts when driving engagement is the priority.Luxury and mid-tier performance cars ...

Shifting gears, the feel of the clutch underneath your hand. These mark the experience behind the wheel of a manual transmission car — now a rare breed in the U.S. Though the American auto industry ...

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 ...

Saving the manual transmission needn't mean staying stuck in the past, and car companies promising engagement above all else have dug deep to pair performance with the sort of involvement only three ...

When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

Only you can prevent the death of the manual gearbox!

Four 2026 Toyota vehicles can also be equipped with a manual transmission. This list includes the GR86 ($32,695) as well as the new (ish) GR Corolla Hatchback ($50,045) and the Toyota GR Supra, which ...

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 ...

Faith Bottum writes of a few reasons to commend a stick shift (“The Dying Art of Driving a Stick Shift,” op-ed, March 28), such as lower cost and less theft, largely because there are few people left ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- With advancements in automatic transmissions, driving a stick shift seems to be a lost art. But a manual transmission does give you more control, and some teenagers learned ...

Last weekend, I asked you a question: what was your first manual transmission experience? I figured a few of you would have stories to tell, but holy cannoli you came through with some good ones! Two ...