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Has there ever been a car that's rarer to be fitted with an automatic over a manual transmission?
What transmission that you've driven is your favorite? Something manual? Something automatic? Or perhaps something else entirely?
Are all manual gearboxes preferable to automatics?
If you could mate any engine to any transmission, what would you pick and why?
There are lots of ways to adjust gearing.
Transmission internals are subject to intense stresses. Crack checking and polishing can help ensure that those stresses don’t lead to failures down the road.
How well your car performs–and how nicely it drives–can often depend upon your clutch.
What's a torque converter, and what does it actually do? We're glad you asked.
Our Elva sports racer’s rear transmission mounts bolted directly to a plate at the back of the frame. While not the preferred mounting system for a street car, …
Last week, before getting hurricaned by our friend Nicole, we dropped off our MR2’s E153 five-speed transaxle and a shiny new Quaife helical limited-slip diff at
Thank you, Toyota. Thanks for making such a modular set of drivetrain bits that a transmission from decades ago is adaptable to an engine design still in use today. That …