Automatic cars are no longer just for high-end buyers. They are becoming increasingly popular around the world because they are easy to use, convenient, and simple for everyday driving. This is ...

Today, more American drivers prefer automatic transmissions than ever before. In fact, the number of new vehicles available with a manual has been shrinking fast. Barring a few performance-focused ...

Automatic transmissions have been present in cars for over a century now, with the original concept being patented in the early 1920s. Since those early days, automatic transmission design has gone ...

Today, let's look at who's to blame for all the cars that insist on shifting for themselves. Arguably, the earliest blame-havers could be Louis-Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, who were about to show ...

Engineers are just wizards with college degrees. No, I take that back, they're powers are stronger than mere magic. I don't care what spells Harry Potter knows; nothing in his wizarding world is as ...

One of the main complaints leveled against old-school, slushbox automatics is that they’re more adapted to driving comfortably than quickly. To prove that its experimental Direct Automatic ...

Learning to drive in the UK isn’t like learning to drive in the U.S., and not only because drivers sit on different sides of the car. If British drivers want to drive a car with a manual transmission ...

A vehicle's transmission is pretty robust, and when properly maintained, it can last more than 300,000 miles — which is longer than the car or truck itself will last in many cases. However, despite ...

Although driving enthusiasts reckon a car must have a manual gearbox, an automatic transmission makes a lot of sense, especially if you spend most of your time in the city or stuck in traffic. It ...