When choosing a new car, first-time buyers tend to overlook the type of transmission it uses. Sure, 97% of drivers in the U.S. now drive automatic vehicles, leading many to assume that that's the only ...

The Corvette made big waves when it changed from a front engine to a mid-engine layout, but the switch to a transaxle may have been even more consequential.

Modern 8- and 10-speed automatics deliver huge performance gains through tighter gear ratios, fast clutch-to-clutch shifts, ...

A car is one of the most coveted possessions or perhaps just the only thing a common man might purchase in his life. Earlier, having a car on your porch was considered a status symbol. That was the ...

Honda's new automatic transaxle revives the company’s dormant spirit of invention. During much of this past decade, it seemed as if Honda had taken a break from stretching technological boundaries.

The Ford Mustang is offered with a ten-speed automatic transmission, and so is the F-150, along with multiple vehicles from General Motors and Honda. Others, like Land Rover, Jeep, and Mercedes-Benz, ...

An automatic transmission seems pretty simple; after all, you just put it in Drive and go. But as with most things automotive, a lot of complexity goes into making it look easy. And transmission ...

Tremec is building a six-speed manual transaxle that uses the mounting points for the C8 Corvette's eight-speed dual-clutch automatic, opening the door for manual-swapped C8s. The transaxle can handle ...

While manual transmissions are rapidly fading away in America, they're still hanging on in Europe (for now). Why do manuals remain popular across the Atlantic?

On certain vehicles equipped with 2.4L non-turbo engines and automatic transaxles, the high pressure power steering hose routing could allow contact with the automatic transaxle differential cover, ...