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We’ve long bemoaned the death of the manual transmission. But with few practical advantages other than being more enjoyable to a limited subset of the population, it’s quickly (and understandably) slipping into obscurity. It’s not alone. Based on research conducted by online automotive marketplace CarGurus, the good ol’ handbrake is also rapidly losing relevance as […]
Since their very beginning, Ford’s PowerShift dual-clutch transmissions have been plagued with problems. Critics and owners alike knocked the transmission for drivability problems, with reports of shuddering, shaking, and a lack of power at low speeds. Ford issued a recall to fix the issues, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy some owners. Automotive News reports […]
– Victor Muller, CEO of Dutch exotic-car maker Spyker, was introducing the C8 Preliator Spyder to the North American market at the New York auto show, and while noting that the Preliator comes standard with a manual transmission, he said that, in contrast to all the doom and gloom surrounding shift-’em-yourself transmissions, “Really, enthusiastic car […]
