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 ...

Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...

This unusual arrangement was thanks to a company called the Stick Shift Driving Academy. The online service pairs people who want to learn how to drive a stick shift with people who have a car with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Their teens are ready to drive. Can a stick shift save them from being distracted? (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo ...

Once upon a time, being able to handle a clutch was an essential part of driver’s ed. In fact, the automobile was more than 40 years old before the first commercially available automatic (the ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- With advancements in automatic transmissions, driving a stick shift seems to be a lost art. But a manual transmission does give you more control, and some teenagers learned ...

Most motorists from Generation X to the older segment of Generation Z know the standard 1-to-6 manual gear sequence and ...

Their teens are ready to drive. Can a stick shift save them from being distracted? (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) Logan was equal parts excited and nervous ...