For decades, the combination of a mid-engine layout and a manual transmission defined the pinnacle of driver involvement. These weren’t just sports cars; they were finely balanced machines that ...

Possibly you know that Oldsmobile introduced the “Hydra-matic,” a kind-of-automatic transmission in 1940, then improved it ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

The manual gearbox, four on the floor, and stick shift are all terms used to describe a dying breed of automobile. According to CarMax, more than 25% of vehicles sold in 1995 included a manual ...

After years of asking, my 86-year-old friend and neighbor finally gave in and sold me his 1949 Ford coupe with a 1953 Olds V-8. He built the car in the late '50s while working as a line mechanic at a ...

For purists, even the best automated manual transmission simply isn't good enough. They howl and proclaim there aren't any shift-for-yourself vehicles available anymore, but that's simply not true.

While 1.6-litre (and more recently 1.5-litre) engines have become the norm for hot hatch superminis, and indeed formed the basis of the last two generations of Cooper S, the F56 model instead used a 2 ...