Ford promised that its ambitious PowerShift transmission would be a big step forward, but thousands of drivers disagreed.

You might think that by putting your transmission in neutral while going down a long hill, you're saving gas. That may have been true with early automatics, but times change and t ...

Hardly anyone remembers this tiny and unassuming Dutch car, but they should. Slow and a little weird, it quietly kicked off ...

The remanufactured transmissions hail from Oklahoma City-based ATC Drivetrain. Ford estimates that 34,481 such transmissions ...

I know, I know: automatic transmissions make a car automatically lame. I think I can speak for the group when I say driving is typically more fun when you do the shifting. However, every rule has ...

Automatic transmissions are pretty self-explanatory, and for the most part, fairly foolproof. Most of us will be familiar with the usual settings found on an automatic shifter, with P, R, N, and D ...

Semi-automatic transmissions work using a transmission control unit and a series of actuators and sensors to replace the ...

Automatic and manual vehicle transmissions have always been competitive with each other. Automatic and manual vehicle transmissions have always been competitive with each other. While this is still ...

Driving an automatic car is easy-peasy compared to piloting a manual. The most common gear settings in an automatic vehicle are Park (P), Reverse (R), Neutral (N), and Drive (D). The rest are not ...

Because we use them every day, the operation of a car seems simple, but a car is a very complex machine. One of the most complex systems in the typical vehicle is the automatic transmission. This ...