Despite all the benefits of a CVT transmission, it does have some drawbacks. A gear-based CVT is looking to address these ...

There are different arguments that can be made both for and against automatic and manual vehicle transmissions. Manual transmissions offer more nuanced control and an opportunity to better optimize ...

More often than not, car transmissions have multiple speeds, or gears. How can you tell if your car has a six-speed or an ...

Automatic shift transmissions were first introduced on a broad scale in the late 1930s, and while they were a novelty for many years, today they are very near a standard piece of equipment on most ...

It's been two decades since Detroit began offering overdrive transmissions as original equipment in virtually all vehicles rolling off their assembly lines. And while the OEM's intent was to improve ...

If you've ever paid attention to the number of gears in your transmission, you might've noticed that those numbers have gone up over the years. Early automatic transmissions like the GM Hydra-Matic ...

Safe driving depends directly on a driver’s understanding of the controls inside the vehicle. Among the various symbols found on the center console, the Low (L) position stands out as one of the least ...

What is a granny gear transmission: a question a child might ask but not a childish question. Opinions vary on what constitutes a "granny tranny," but in a nutshell it's a manual transmission with an ...

We've recently talked about how naturally aspirated V6s and V8s are going by the wayside, but there's another powertrain component that is slowly fading into obscurity: the six-speed automatic ...

A mechanic is sharing one simple thing drivers should do — or rather, shouldn’t do — to extend the lives of their automatic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was a time when you couldn't fake your way into a truck driver's seat. The twin-stick transmissions in those old trucks were ...