"Three on the tree" refers to the shift lever and transmission type, with three forward gears and one reverse. In this configuration, the lever was on the steering column, also called “the tree,” ...

The past few months have been tough for new car buyers who like to shift their own gears. Some of the machines we could always depend on to offer three pedals, like the Mini Cooper and VW Golf GTI and ...

As part of our celebration of this year’s National Stick Shift Day, we thought we’d take a look at Cars.com inventory listings and help shoppers find which used cars have the most manual-equipped ...

It's certainly great to see some auto manufacturers making a concerted effort to bring back – or at least hold onto – the manual transmission. Companies like BMW built their entire sporting image on ...

There is no escaping the fact that the manual is a dying breed. But why is that? For starters, two-pedal transmissions get increasingly better with each passing year. In this context, better refers to ...

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 ...

The Hennessey Venom F5-M Roadster makes 1,817 hp through a 6-speed manual, becoming the most powerful manual production car ...

While stick-shift cars aren't in vogue anymore, with automatic shifters being the industry standard, there are still plenty of older and custom rides out there with manual transmissions. As long as ...

If avocados can get a national holiday, so can stick shifts. In 2018, Cars.com dubbed July 16 as National Stick Shift Day, a time to pay homage to the joys of short throws and working all the pedals.

Manual gearboxes aren’t extinct just yet, but the outlook isn’t great. Across the industry, the good ol’ stick shift is ...

Chrysler put the three-speed column-shift manual on the map back in the 1939 model year, with the "Remote Control" shifter setup in the '39 Plymouths. This rig allowed the use of a big, cushy bench ...