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 ...

Once upon a time, being able to handle a clutch was an essential part of driver’s ed. In fact, the automobile was more than 40 years old before the first commercially available automatic (the ...

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 ...

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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.

Manual transmissions have quietly become a niche skill, yet the drivers who still use them tend to be more attentive, more mechanically aware, and more in control of their cars. Operating a clutch and ...