Bill France Sr. started the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing in 1948, and over the years, no fewer than six generations of cars have been fielded. “Next Gen” is how the ...

The third-generation Toyota MR2, which launched in 1999, had all the ingredients to be called a baby Ferrari: a mid-engine layout, rear-wheel drive, and a sporty exterior. Another aspect that added to ...

Transmissions, especially automatic transmissions, can be a little bit difficult to understand sometimes. There are valve bodies, brand brakes, selector forks—it’s all a bunch of jargon that often ...

Since its moonshining birth, NASCAR’s transmission of choice has been the manual. The series played with patterns and the number of gears through its history, but the clutch and shifter have never ...

Set aside, for the moment, your pride and enjoyment in mastery of clutch pedal and stick. Mastery is a fine thing, necessity another, and shifting—active, thoughtful gear selection—no longer requires ...

NASCAR is testing a new car design scheduled to debut in its top-tier Cup Series in 2021, which would replace the sixth-generation race car that's been run since 2013. In trying to get with the times, ...

A sequential manual gearbox will not be offered on the facelifted Z4 or the new M Roadster, according to the German publication, Automobilwoche. The M Roadster will get a six speed manual gearbox ...

The gearbox connects the power unit to the rear wheels and is responsible for multiplying torque at lower speeds and allowing the engine to ...