Engineers and automotive designers have done their best to make sure the complicated machinery we call cars are easy to drive and understand -- especially the parts that are important to our driving ...

Editor’s note: This article was last updated on Aug. 20, 2021. It has been reviewed by Cars.com Senior News Editor Jennifer Harrington and is still accurate. It’s sitting there in your car’s shift ...

Andy recently spent a week in a $40,000 Ford Maverick, and as much as he enjoyed the truck, there was one thing he couldn't get past — the shift knob. It wasn't the end of the world, but he did find ...

The Blue Oval plans to launch the first product of its innovative new Universal EV Platform next year, and the automaker is pushing for each vehicle on this platform to be as efficient as possible. A ...

Save for newer Teslas, the shifter is something you use pretty much every single time you get in your car. You use it so often, you probably take it for granted. Whether you drive an automatic or a ...

Years passed with car makers pushing one clear path ahead – packed with self-shifting transmissions, better fuel use, because onboard tech kept getting sharper, taking charge of nearly everything ...

A manual transmission uses a stick to shift gears and a third pedal to operate the clutch. Current trends show that manual gear shifting is rapidly becoming obsolete. For select sports cars and ...