Do you like to rest your hand on the gear lever while on the road? Not a good idea, as that could damage the gearbox. Franziska Gabbert/dpa If you have a car with a manual transmission, do you rest ...

For most drivers, a vehicle's automatic transmission — the most common kind of transmission nowadays, more's the pity — has three settings: Drive, Park, and Reverse. Most automatic transmissions, ...

Vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission would typically have Park (P), Reverse (R), Neutral (N), and Drive (D) gears. Shifting to P (or Park) locks the gearbox and prevents the car from ...

Peugeot has decided to do away with the 208 and 2008’s protruding gear lever for automatic transmission models, where instead you’ll now get a supposedly more ergonomic design featuring a small lever ...

KTM’s all-new Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) is rolling out on the upcoming 1390 Super Adventure, and the company says it'll change the way we ride motorcycles. It comes with a P–N–1–2–3–4–5–6 ...

The automatic transmission has evolved from the standard step-type automatic to dual clutches (DCT) and CVTs (continuously variable transmissions). Still, they all share a complex maze of electrical, ...

Ford's Automatic Overdrive (AOD) transmission arrived in 1980 in full-size Fords, Mercurys, and the Lincoln Continental. As the AOD became available in more applications during the 1980s, including ...