Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...

You’ve just seen the cinematic masterpiece Torque and now your world’s empty without a high-revving motorcycle in it, but you’re unsure of how to actually ride a motorcycle safely? Well, good ...

Question: Is it better to learn to drive in a manual-shift car, or an automatic? Answer: While manual transmissions used to dominate the automotive landscape, today, automatics are the industry ...

Nothing is more rewarding to a driver than the sweet sound of that perfectly timed blip of the gas pedal, effortlessly matching the revs to the wheel speed, and downshifting crisply into the preceding ...

Congratulations! You just got your first 4x4 and you're already reading Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off-Road. You're one of us now. And we're here to help you figure out how to do everything from putting ...

To the editor - During the winter, it really shows how many people truly know how to drive and it doesn't matter what part of the country, either, whether it's here in Yakima, the Midwest or the ...