Manual transmissions are becoming an endangered species, especially when it comes to pickup trucks. Once a staple of workhorses and off-road rigs, the three-pedal setup has nearly disappeared from ...

The manual transmission with three pedals and a stick shift has always been revered by motoring purists and is still used by many drivers to this day. There is more skill required, but more engagement ...

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Chase Bierenkoven is a gearhead and writer based in Denver, Colorado. As the family lore goes, Chase's first word was "truck." Cars have been a problem ever since. By 16, Chase was spending his ...

For decades, if you were looking for a simple, rugged 4x4 pickup truck or SUV on the new car market, there was a strong chance that it would come standard with a manual transmission — and there was no ...

Honda makes minivans, pickup trucks, SUVs, and family sedans. Those aren't exactly enthusiast vehicles, though, so none of those are primary candidates for manual transmissions. Sure, pickup trucks ...

If you’re feeling uneasy about buying an L87-powered GM truck given the 10-speed automatic’s reputation, we’ve found a novel solution: swap it! A manual gearbox has no valve body after all; so it will ...

What happens when you give a Silverado 1500 pickup to Specialty Vehicle Engineering? For starters, the New Jersey-based outfit converts the light-duty workhorse to a single cab. More importantly, ...

National Stick Shift Day is the holiday we here at Cars.com created to celebrate rowing your own gears, and if you’d like to honor the manual-transmission gods with your next new car purchase, here’s ...

Affordable manual-transmission options are increasingly scarce, but there are some rear- and all-wheel-drive sports cars on ...