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 ...

Just 2 percent of cars sold come with a manual transmission. Here's what caused the stick shift to go nearly extinct.

Faith Bottum writes of a few reasons to commend a stick shift (“The Dying Art of Driving a Stick Shift,” op-ed, March 28), such as lower cost and less theft, largely because there are few people left ...

There's a long-running debate among drivers about whether those who learned on a manual transmission are genuinely more skilled behind the wheel. It's a question that tends to stir up strong opinions; ...

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 ...

Cars are faster than ever before and part of that improvement in overall quickness comes down to lightning-fast automatic transmissions. At the same time, it’s clear that many enthusiasts believe that ...

The manual transmission continues to go the way of the hand-crank window. Several more vehicles — including the popular Jeep Compass and Honda Accord — will no longer have stick-shift options after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the American auto fleet becomes increasingly electrified, stick shifts will be harder to find. Carmakers are trying to figure ...