Automatic transmissions have evolved so dramatically over the past decades that today the same term covers fundamentally different mechanisms. A classical hydromechanical automatic transmission, a ...

Many people love driving a car with a clutch because of how it makes them feel. Sure, the manual transmission does come with a learning curve. You have to master the clutch, time every shift just ...

A dual-clutch transmission is an automated manual transmission with two sets of gears, each operated by a separate clutch. One clutch handles the odd-numbered gears, the other clutch the even-numbered ...

After using manual shifting for decades, motorcyclists now have to start getting used to the idea that the future lies in the automatic shifting technologies. So far, this system has only made its way ...

There's a new Porsche 911 Carrera coming to dealerships this September--with a couple of major changes underneath the engine cover. Porsche has fitted its flat-six engines with a direct injection fuel ...

"In the past, transmissions were things you could count on, but that's no longer true." Not so long ago, dual-clutch transmissions -- with their superior fuel economy and lightning-quick gear shifts - ...

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 ...

The automatic versus manual dispute regarding the transmission systems installed on a specific car has been going on for quite some time now, especially when a certain automaker came out with the ...

Listen to some automakers, and you might think that conventional automatic transmissions are obsolete and inferior—and to be replaced by continuously variable (CVT) automatics or dual-clutch (DCT) ...

Eaton is bringing a new transmission to the medium-duty market that boasts car-like drivability with full-manual performance, a design of 10 years or 400,000 miles, and 8-10% better fuel economy than ...

General Motors faced tough challenge when searching for the proper transmission to pair with its all-new 625 horsepower supercharged LT4 engine in the 2015 Corvette Z06. The General wanted to match ...