Manual cars are a dying breed, and driving one is a fading art form. Driving a manual isn't simply about changing gears — it's about the timing of the shifts, coordinating the engine speed and gear ...

Honda's hot Civic Si has always been exclusively equipped with a manual transmission. As some rivals broaden their market appeal by offering an automatic, Honda maintains the focus of its legendary ...

In the days of yore, before synchronized transmissions were the norm and your Nissan 370Z would automatically rev-match downshifts or your Ford Focus RS had clutch-actuated stall recovery, ...

There used to be many good reasons for a new driver to learn a manual transmission: To start with, cars with stick shifts were cheaper, more efficient and quicker. The longstanding barrier has been ...

How do you like your gears shifted? Are you a DIY enthusiast, or do you prefer to delegate ratio-swapping duties to the genies hiding under your console? Despite what some manual diehards will tell ...

But the Si has an auto rev-match feature as standard, and some folks may consider this a dumbing down of the experience. The feature automatically syncs engine revs when you go to choose a lower gear, ...