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 ...

Manual cars might seem like a thing of the past, but if you love driving stick you can still find new ones.

This video explains the basics of driving a manual car, focusing on smooth control and avoiding stalling. The manual driving guide covers key concepts like the bite point, gear shifting, and pedal ...

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 ...

When Ahmed Raza bought his stick-shift car just a few years ago, he’d never before driven one. He figured out the basics right then and there, with the benefit of a parking lot and some patience, and ...

“Clutch in, move to second,” I repeated. There was a steady stream of self-talk as I maneuvered a dark green Mini Cooper S four-door hardtop around the closed track at the BMW Performance Center West ...

A major problem for the survival of the manual transmission is the dwindling number of people who know how to drive stick. Mini is trying to do something about that. The automaker is launching a ...

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Learning how to drive a manual transmission is a great idea for drivers, young and old. Not only are they usually fun, but you never know when the skill will come in handy. In a world dominated by ...