Many consumers are confused by new car gear shifters and their unconventional designs. With everything from dials to orbs being used to select gears, drivers are often baffled. Counter-intuitive ...

As car manufacturers explore electronic control ... In fact, some of the new gear shifters have been called out for safety issues. A few years ago, Chrysler’s dial shifter system was linked ...

When you're coming up to a stop, push in the clutch in, flick the shifter to neutral, and let the clutch out. When going to neutral, you don't need to feel for a friction point or apply gas. Just let ...

But with all this progress comes one little problem: dashboards and gear shifts are now cluttered with so many buttons, knobs, and mystery features, it’s easy to overlook some of their most useful ...

In today’s edition of What the Heck, we have the strange case of Ford wanting to put what is essentially a fake manual ...

Electric vehicles have completely different powertrains versus combustion-powered cars ... Ford's new patent application, published on March 20, reveals the finer points of a good ol' stick shift ...

Ferrari has not offered a stick shift since 2012, but it may return in a future Icona series model, chief product development ...

Most automatic transmissions, however, can do much more than just go forward, go backwards, and stop your car from ... been in gear rather than fiddling around with your shifter.