Rowing your own gears isn’t for everyone, so it's understandable that manual sports cars cater mainly to enthusiasts who want full control from behind the wheel. Barring pricing and fuel economy ...

How many chances do you think are left to buy a real manual performance car before the market starts treating the good ones like artifacts instead of drivers? That question feels a lot more urgent in ...

Philip Gelderblom has been writing professionally since the '90s. He has written mainly content on a freelance basis, including about cars, future cars, EVs, hybrids and hydrogen cars, self-driving ...

I love both the Integra and the Integra Type S. Both of these cars offer one of the best-feeling manual transmissions money can buy. That's especially great because they're some of the cheapest cars ...

Affordable manual-transmission options are increasingly scarce, forcing enthusiasts looking for a three-pedal experience under $50,000 to primarily consider a dwindling selection of new 2025 and 2026 ...

There’s a certain romance in a car that makes you work for it. The clutch pedal, the gear lever, and the rhythm of the revs are all part of a mechanical conversation that’s quickly fading from the ...

National Stick Shift Day is the holiday we here at Cars.com created to celebrate rowing your own gears, and if you’d like to honor the manual-transmission gods with your next new car purchase, here’s ...

Manual transmissions are very rare these days, especially from American car companies. Since most drivers prefer automatics, a stick shift is an acquired taste. With most of them remaining only in ...

While rare in the U.S. today, manuals used to be common and some had unique quirks. Here's what it means if you see an ...

It doesn’t get any cheaper than this—literally. The Versa with its standard manual transmission is the cheapest new car on sale today regardless of transmission choice. Nissan outfits the base S model ...