Depending on how you look at it, either a lot or not very much has changed about the way bikes shift gears since the mid-19th century. A lot has been refined along the transmission path, in which your ...

Automatic transmission systems (ATSs) are critical components in modern vehicles, integrating complex gear mechanisms to optimise performance, efficiency and durability. These systems utilise an array ...

Today, let's look at who's to blame for all the cars that insist on shifting for themselves. Arguably, the earliest blame-havers could be Louis-Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, who were about to show ...

Automatic transmissions have been present in cars for over a century now, with the original concept being patented in the early 1920s. Since those early days, automatic transmission design has gone ...

What is a continuously variable transmission? Is it better to drive, more reliable, more efficient, or better than an automatic? The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around ...

The transmission valve body is among the most important components of your vehicle's transmission system, yet it often goes unnoticed until something goes wrong. As a key player in the functionality ...

We've recently talked about how naturally aspirated V6s and V8s are going by the wayside, but there's another powertrain component that is slowly fading into obscurity: the six-speed automatic ...

It's interesting to take an occasional look back at our hobby to consider all the changes that have taken place. Street rods have certainly evolved, and it's probably safe to say the quality of the ...