The first column shifter in America was introduced in 1938, with the goal of freeing up space in the center console for a larger front bench seat. During that time, manual transmissions usually had ...

Manual gear shifters are generally pretty straightforward, with a set of numbers and an R, but a few older ones used more ...

Hello, human beings, and welcome to this week's version of Letters to Doug, where we tackle some of the key issues affecting the automotive industry, and also shifter placement. At first, I thought ...

After several years of driving my roadster pickup using a length of rod as a shifter, I finally got around to installing a floor shifter, meaning I no longer have to reach down by my feet to select ...

Peterbilt Motors Co. is introducing a new ergonomic column-mounted shifter for its Model 579 and 567 trucks. The column-mounted shifter will be standard on trucks equipped with the new PACCAR-branded ...

Peterbilt has announced that its ergonomically designed column-mounted shifter will be standard equipment on Model 579 and 567 trucks equipped with the new Paccar Automated Transmission. Peterbilt has ...