Manual gearboxes may be dying elsewhere, but this new patent shows one carmaker still wants to make them smarter and harder ...

Back in the day, performance-oriented cars used to have a manual transmission as the only option in the range. Now, the manual transmission has become optional for some performance cars, with some not ...

Frank Weber, a key member of BMW’s board, says the writing is on the wall for the brand’s manual transmissions and that includes its enthusiast-oriented M models. Automotive executives have been ...

The minds behind the current BMW Z4 and Toyota Supra have long resisted a core element of such traditional sports cars’ appeal. The two cars, developed in partnership between their automakers, ...