For the vast majority of consumers, a smooth-shifting automatic transmission is the gold standard. Detroit caters to the least common dominator, except in the relatively rare high-perf models. But ...

Installing a shift kit can improve transmission performance and help prevent common failures. In this video, we walk through the shift kit installation and explain how it improves shifting, increases ...

Unless you can shift like Ronnie Sox, automatic transmissions are simply more consistent when racing on the dragstrip. When it comes to street driving, however, most will agree that there's no better ...

Last month, we ran a piece on the trick new gated shifter kit for the 1990-1996 Mazda MX-5 Miata from a little one-man shop calling itself Minottek. Hoping to see an example in person, I reached out ...

The sound of a motor when it's at the top of the Rs is like music to my grease monkey ears. No matter if there are four cylinders screaming a high-pitched whine or eight cylinders growling a deep ...

Sporty Hondas are celebrated for their manual shift experience. The feel, the throw, the snick-snick-snick—all reasons I bought my Civic Si. So I was surprised to hear Russ Garehan, main man at Honda ...