ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- With advancements in automatic transmissions, driving a stick shift seems to be a lost art. But a manual transmission does give you more control, and some teenagers learned ...

Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...

MINNEAPOLIS — I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In ...

Manual cars might seem like a thing of the past, but if you love driving stick you can still find new ones.

But typically, instructors also really like driving a stick shift and want to share that driving experience with others. “This is probably one of my most fun gigs,” said Anjhain Black, a 34-year-old ...

According to the 2024 EPA Automotive Trends report, nearly 35% of all new vehicle models sold in 1980 were equipped with a manual transmission — but for 2024, that number has shrunk to below 1%. Yet ...

When Ahmed Raza bought his stick-shift car just a few years ago, he’d never before driven one. He figured out the basics right then and there, with the benefit of a parking lot and some patience, and ...

On a recent Sunday morning, in the weedy parking lot of a strip mall in Wayne, N.J., I’m sitting at the wheel of a 2017 Volkswagen Jetta. From the passenger seat, Vishnu Persaud coaches me on working ...

The Secret Service said it tapped GM to ensure personnel had access to advanced platforms that mirror what they might encounter in real-world scenarios. An instructor at the RTC said though it is ...

This unusual arrangement was thanks to a company called the Stick Shift Driving Academy. The online service pairs people who want to learn how to drive a stick shift with people who have a car with a ...

I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car.