Jeep's 545RFE automatic transmission had two second gears with different ratios. One of the "second gears" was for shifting ...

Jeep has never been shy about trying oddball engineering solutions in the name of off-road capability, but one of its ...

Because we use them every day, the operation of a car seems simple, but a car is a very complex machine. One of the most complex systems in the typical vehicle is the automatic transmission. This ...

Automatic transmissions are the transmissions of choice in today's diesel realm. They've come a long way over the last decade, and are now beefier and more complex than ever before. This is an effort ...

Automatic transmissions make cars easier to drive, and modern ones are much improved. Yet manuals teach skills you can't get ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

If you drive a car with an automatic transmission, chances are you're used to and fond of the seamless way in which these devices allow us to drive. There's no shifting manually, no need to perfectly ...

KTM’s all-new Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) is rolling out on the upcoming 1390 Super Adventure, and the company says it'll change the way we ride motorcycles. It comes with a P–N–1–2–3–4–5–6 ...

The continuously variable transmission, or CVT, is one of the biggest points of contention in the modern automotive world. On the one hand, you have the car manufacturers who love the simple, ...

If you've done any research on current cars, you've probably seen references to dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs). And you might well have asked yourself, "What is a DCT? What is a dual-clutch ...

Years back, it was easy to find vehicles with manual transmissions. Most models had a budget-friendly manual-transmission option that many people chose for fuel economy. In modern times, automatic ...