When you talk about the thrill of driving, it's hard to ignore its active elements: feathering the throttle, trail braking, turning the steering wheel into a gentle bend, or grabbing a clean heel-toe ...

Paddle shifters, levers you can find located behind the three and nine o'clock positions on your steering wheel, are my favorite aspect of many Subaru models. They allow you to take manual control ...

Paddle shifters used to be found exclusively in high-performance sports cars, but these days, they’re featured regular cars like the new Ford Escape and even the Honda Odyssey minivan. But don’t ...

There’s something odd about the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, and it’s not just the near-excessive number of creases in the bodywork. No, the new Stingray features paddle shifters on both the automatic and ...

Thirdly, on-the-floor manual shifters increase the risk of a missed shift, which can be disastrous to the car's mechanics and the driver's chance of winning a race. For those reasons, paddle shifters ...

The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle ...

What's the purpose of standard mode in an automatic? Is it just for people who want to pretend they're driving a stick? I rented a Fiat 500C and couldn't figure out how to get the darned shifter out ...

Two separate patents reveal how the German automaker is finding ways of making cars better in every respect. Porsche patents heated shift paddles to enhance comfort in cold weather driving. A second ...