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 ...

With many of the best driver's cars being manuals and dedicated three-pedal driving schools all over the country, gearheads have no excuse not to learn stick.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shifting gears, the feel of the clutch underneath your hand. These mark the experience behind the wheel of a manual transmission ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- With advancements in automatic transmissions, driving a stick shift seems to be a lost art. But a manual transmission does give you more control, and some teenagers learned ...

This unusual arrangement was thanks to a company called the Stick Shift Driving Academy. The online service pairs people who want to learn how to drive a stick shift with people who have a car with a ...

Saving the manual transmission needn't mean staying stuck in the past, and car companies promising engagement above all else have dug deep to pair performance with the sort of involvement only three ...

Shifting gears, the feel of the clutch underneath your foot. These mark the experience behind the wheel of a manual transmission car — now a rare breed in the U.S. Though the American auto industry ...