Paddle shifters, also known as a flappy-paddle gearbox, are a mechanism used to control and select gears on a vehicle's ...

Only 4 percent of American drivers say that the vehicle they most often drive has a manual transmission, according to a May 2023 nationally representative CR survey (PDF) of 2,000 American adults. But ...

Many cars nowadays are manufactured with automatic transmissions. Manual is not as comfortable as its counterpart, but it doesn’t necessarily stop consumers from liking the authentic driving ...

Paddle shifters used to be found exclusively in high-performance sports cars, but these days, they’re featured regular cars like the new Ford Escape and even the Honda Odyssey minivan. But don’t ...

An expert driver can shift gears and get the most performance out of a vehicle. Whether extending the gear to wring every ounce of power out of the engine, downshifting to pass an adversary, or ...

The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle ...

For a long time hot rodders have had to make tough choices. One of these was choosing between a manual and automatic transmission. For the road course nothing beats rowing through the gears manually.

Owners of the 2023 Maserati Grecale SUV may be surprised to learn that squeezing the right-hand, or “plus” paddle shifter behind the steering wheel can quickly shift the car from Reverse into Drive at ...

The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle ...