Manual transmissions have been around since the automobile’s earliest days, while automatic ones started to gain popularity in the 1940s. But now you’re just as likely to see a third type: the ...

Toyota’s rise to automotive highs is well documented. They took the world of endurance racing by storm and pioneered many innovative technologies. Among them, the Direct Shift-CVT transmission. The ...

CVT automatic transmissions offer quicker acceleration, smoother shifting, while delivering maximum gas mileage and power out of an engine.

Toyota introduced its first continuously variable automatic transmission CVT, in itself a type of automatic transmission, in 2000, dubbed the K110. Some Toyota models that use a CVT include the Camry, ...

There are a number of ways to transfer an engine or motor's power into drive, and these are generally split into two camps — automatic and manual transmissions. While gear-based transmissions have ...

Nobody's accusing you of not knowing how to pounce on the clutch pedal, pick a gear, let off and push on the gas to get things moving, but, chances are, how exactly the clutch assembly gets all of ...

Looking for a smoother ride and improved fuel economy in your next car? Then you may want to consider a vehicle with a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Thanks to some crafty engineering, you ...