Years ago, manual transmissions were the only choice for performance sports cars, including F1. But in the 1980s, F1 cars began to change to paddle shifters, with Ferrari being the technology leader ...

The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle ...

Paddle shifters let drivers manually change gears in an automatic car without using a clutch or removing their hands from the ...

Many cars nowadays are manufactured with automatic transmissions. Manual is not as comfortable as its counterpart, but it doesn’t necessarily stop consumers from liking the authentic driving ...

Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a ...

This is the age of the paddle shifter / bump shifter. You can get one in the new Camaro, and you'll see it on racetracks, as the computer-controlled automatic slowly eats away at the notion that ...

At TopSpeed, William Clavey is Editor-at-Large, where he focuses on authority and exclusive content, reviews, news articles, features, and opinion pieces all while sharing his passion for everything ...

For one reason or another, 2026 is shaping up to be the year of Ferrari in the world of car collectors, and you only need to look at the large number of Italian-made cars that have crossed the auction ...