Three shifters, one ordinary automatic, and a 1980s idea so strange it makes Porsche's fake-gear Taycan feel almost ...

A torque converter is an essential part of any automatic transmission. What is a torque converter, though, and what role does ...

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 ...

From torque converters to dual-clutch and CVTs, modern automatics take very different paths to the same job. Despite its ubiquity, the automatic transmission is one of the most mechanically complex ...

Automatic shift transmissions were first introduced on a broad scale in the late 1930s, and while they were a novelty for many years, today they are very near a standard piece of equipment on most ...