The rise of the automatic transmission led to a change in automobile manufacturing as more and more drivers chose to leave manual transmission vehicles behind. The convenience and smoother driving ...

Engineers are just wizards with college degrees. No, I take that back, they're powers are stronger than mere magic. I don't care what spells Harry Potter knows; nothing in his wizarding world is as ...

The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...

While you'll still see debates about whether automatic or manual transmissions are better, the reality is that automatic transmissions have been the dominating automotive format for decades now. While ...

Isuzu Motors has been granted a patent for an automatic transmission system. The system includes multiple rotating shafts, gears, synchronizing mechanisms, a lubricating oil storage part, a shift ...

Generally speaking, most automatic transmissions can take a beating, and will last many hundreds of thousands of miles, but that doesn't mean they are invincible. Much like any other part of your car, ...

Consumer Reports' transmission maintenance FAQ on how to tell when your car's transmission needs servicing and what the ...

Today, let's look at who's to blame for all the cars that insist on shifting for themselves. Arguably, the earliest blame-havers could be Louis-Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, who were about to show ...