If your engine was directly affixed to a transmission, it would die every time you came to a stop—and that would be a problem. The solution to this issue is a torque converter, a fluid coupling device ...

Just like the foot bone's connected to the leg bone, it's only natural to think that a car's engine is connected to its rear wheels. This seemingly reasonable assumption would be wrong—at least in ...

The nice thing about automatic transmissions is that you don't have to think about shifting gears. They appear simple as anything from the driver's seat, but as anyone who knows how automatic ...