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 ...

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 ...

For me, it was always the manual transmission. Growing up during the 1990s, both mom and dad drove a car with a stick. Actually, come to think of it, that was also the case for my grandparents, as ...