Subaru is quietly working on a way to keep the joy of shifting gears alive in a future dominated by batteries and software. A new patent for a simulated manual transmission suggests the company wants ...

The manual transmission has been dying a not-so-slow death in recent years, which many people put down to a simple market correction. After all, automatics are now faster and more sophisticated, ...

Joel was previously an editor at Autoblog for nearly a decade, covering cars from humble economy hatchbacks to high-end sports cars. He has extensive driving experience with plenty of track time, and ...