Sean O’Malley has driven hundreds of cars during his nearly four-decade career as a vehicle tester. But one day a couple of years ago he found himself in the seat of a Hyundai at a loss over how to ...

Engineers and automotive designers have done their best to make sure the complicated machinery we call cars are easy to drive and understand -- especially the parts that are important to our driving ...

The Mazda MX-5 is one of the finest sports cars ever developed and in an era where lightweight, rear-wheel drive cars are becoming increasingly rare, the Miata has already become an icon. Now, a ...

Both manual and automatic transmissions have undergone important changes over the years. In the past, cars with a manual transmission were generally able to achieve better fuel economy. That's changed ...