You've probably seen it a million times without actually paying much attention to it. Tucked away next to the gear shifter in your car is a tiny, unassuming button or slot. In many vehicles, it's so ...

Fiat Chrysler has been in the news lately, and not for good reasons. Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin was killed this weekend when his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee—a vehicle among a recall of more than 1.1 ...

Toyota may not have the most exciting electric car in the world, but it's done an incredible job of helping the hybrid go mainstream. And while it certainly has more competition in the market than it ...

Engineers and automotive designers have done their best to make sure the complicated machinery we call cars are easy to drive and understand — especially the parts that are important to our driving ...

Hyundai said it will recall 883,000 Hyundai Sonata sedans from the 2011-2014 model years because of a problem with the gear shifter. In some vehicles the cable on the transmission shifter detaches.

Before drive modes, paddles, and software updates made shifting gears a background process, gear selection mattered - not just mechanically but spiritually. The gear shifter wasn't just a piece of ...

New and revolutionary aren’t always better than the tried-and-true… when it comes to shifters. The automotive world is in a perpetual state of transformation, and while innovations in electrification, ...

If you've ever glanced at your car's gear shift and noticed an "M", you might have wondered what it means. Automatic vehicles often come with various selector modes to improve the driving experience.

Sean O’Malley has driven hundreds of cars during his nearly four-decade career as a vehicle tester. But one day a couple of years ago he found himself in the seat of a Hyundai at a loss over how to ...

Car companies get more creative by the day with their gear shifter designs. Many of them are annoying. Some were flat-out dangerous. None, however, have shocked as much as Tesla’s just-announced ...