As the associate director of vehicle technology at CR’s Auto Test Center, Kelly Funkhouser drives a lot of cars and is always on the lookout for issues related to the usability of various automotive ...

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 ...

Only 4 percent of American drivers say that the vehicle they most often drive has a manual transmission, according to a May 2023 nationally representative CR survey (PDF) of 2,000 American adults. But ...

Paddle shifters, also known as a flappy-paddle gearbox, are a mechanism used to control and select gears on a vehicle's transmission. The paddle shifters are positioned behind the steering wheel, ...

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 ...