Can driving a car benefit your brain? Yes, if it has a manual transmission. That’s the surprising result of research at Japan ...

According to the 2024 EPA Automotive Trends report, nearly 35% of all new vehicle models sold in 1980 were equipped with a manual transmission — but for 2024, that number has shrunk to below 1%. Yet ...

Neuroscientists believe that rowing your own gears in a stick shift helps work out the brain's prefrontal cortex.

Manual transmissions may not be as common as they once were, but there's still life in them yet, as shown by Subaru's lineup of three manual cars for 2027.

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 ...

Being able to drive a manual transmission was once seen as a basic driving skill that people would actively seek out instruction for. Of course, buying your own manual transmission car is a great ...