Many cars nowadays are manufactured with automatic transmissions. Manual is not as comfortable as its counterpart, but it doesn’t necessarily stop consumers from liking the authentic driving ...

Paddle shifters used to be found exclusively in high-performance sports cars, but these days, they’re featured regular cars like the new Ford Escape and even the Honda Odyssey minivan. But don’t ...

In the late ‘80s, Ferrari engineers — never shy about taking risks — installed small paddles flanking the steering wheels on Enzo’s Formula One race cars. The idea was to allow the driver to shift ...

The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle ...

With the unveiling of the facelifted 2010 911 Turbo, Porsche quietly announced that the car would be available for the first time with a proper two-paddle steering wheel where the driver needs to pull ...

As technology advances, automatic transmissions are becoming the norm in most modern vehicles. However, there’s a certain ...

Cadillac today announced that the 2014 ELR battery-powered coupe will feature paddle shifters, but not the kind you get on a conventional car. Cadillac says the ELR’s paddle shifters have a different ...

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For a long time hot rodders have had to make tough choices. One of these was choosing between a manual and automatic transmission. For the road course nothing beats rowing through the gears manually.

The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle ...