The Stick Shift Driving Academy pairs freelance instructors who own manual transmissions with stick shift newbies.

When Ahmed Raza bought his stick-shift car just a few years ago, he’d never before driven one. He figured out the basics right then and there, with the benefit of a parking lot and some patience, and ...

Once upon a time, being able to handle a clutch was an essential part of driver’s ed. In fact, the automobile was more than 40 years old before the first commercially available automatic (the ...

Six percent of the cars sold today have a manual transmission. I believe most teenagers should know how to drive a stick shift because there's more to it than being cool. It's a different way of ...

There are certain practices that as time has passed and technological advancements occur at warp speed, people don’t embrace as much as they used to. Something that has become less and less common, ...