Manual transmissions have quietly become a niche skill, yet the drivers who still use them tend to be more attentive, more ...

With the backlog created by the coronavirus pandemic clearing, the number of people taking their driving test was almost back to normal last year, at close to 1.7 million. The majority of tests were ...

Conventional cars with manual gearboxes will become off limits to future generations of drivers. Why is that so? Because over the last two decades or so, interest in automatic cars has spiked, and it ...

Auto journalists are a little intimidating, and auto readers even more. So, what I’m about to say is probably the most terrifying thing I’ll write on Driving. Here it goes: I can’t drive a manual. In ...

Caitlin Graham wanted to learn to drive in an automatic car as she hoped the test would be quicker to pass without having to get to grips with a gear box. But the 22-year-old says she had little ...

EXPERTS have warned that learning to drive a manual car could become “obsolete” by 2040, as automatic-only lessons have surged. Gen Z could be the last generation to use traditional transmissions, ...

WIth the new Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate setting the UK on a pathway to 2035 when new petrol and diesel (ICE) cars will be banned from sale, choosing to take a driving test in an automatic car is ...

Manual driving instructors are becoming increasingly rare, a fact that's now driving up the price of lessons. Source: ABS With automatic cars now dominating Australian roads, manual driving ...