Once upon a time, being able to handle a clutch was an essential part of driver’s ed. In fact, the automobile was more than 40 years old before the first commercially available automatic (the ...

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 ...

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 ...

I dropped into second gear to slow down for the tight switchback and shifted back up to third and ultimately fourth to power ...