In the days of yore, before synchronized transmissions were the norm and your Nissan 370Z would automatically rev-match downshifts or your Ford Focus RS had clutch-actuated stall recovery, ...

Chase Bierenkoven is a gearhead and writer based in Denver, Colorado. As the family lore goes, Chase's first word was "truck." Cars have been a problem ever since. By 16, Chase was spending his ...

DCT stands for Dual-Clutch Transmission, and it essentially brings the best worlds of automatic and manual transmissions together by doing away with the need for a manual clutch. At its core, it ...

How do you like your gears shifted? Are you a DIY enthusiast, or do you prefer to delegate ratio-swapping duties to the genies hiding under your console? Despite what some manual diehards will tell ...