Today engineers and designers have more freedom than ever to experiment with their creations -- even with seemingly straightforward components like the gear shifters. Shifting gears is a critical ...

You've probably seen it a million times without actually paying much attention to it. Tucked away next to the gear shifter in your car is a tiny, unassuming button or slot. In many vehicles, it's so ...

Peugeot announced today that it has redesigned the shift knob for automatic transmission examples of the 208 and 2008 to make it more ergonomic and sleek – or so they say. The French company has ...

The BMW i3 was a funky little car that was ahead of its time. From the unusual styling and the half-size rear-hinged rear doors to its then-strange gear selector, the i3 did most things a little ...

Earlier this month, Volkswagen finally admitted what we knew all along: in certain cases, buttons are good, screens are bad. It’s often been debated as to why hiding controls behind ever-changing ...

Many things have changed since the first automobiles rolled off of the production lines. In the beginning, most cars followed a relatively similar formula in terms of design both inside and outside.