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 ...

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 ...

Manual transmissions have quietly become a niche skill, yet the drivers who still use them tend to be more attentive, more mechanically aware, and more in control of their cars. Operating a clutch and ...

Only a tiny fraction of new cars in the U.S. are sold with a manual transmission, so there's no need to learn to drive stick in 2026. Rather, it's something you do because you want to. Learning to ...