How it actually works is that, by selecting the car's manual mode and shifting between the gears yourself, this overrides the automatic transmission's typical pattern of when to change gears. For ...

For most drivers, a vehicle's automatic transmission — the most common kind of transmission nowadays, more's the pity — has three settings: Drive, Park, and Reverse. Most automatic ...

To make the transition smoother, here are things you need to stop doing if you drive an automatic car to get the maximum performance out of the vehicle and its components. Trust us, repairing and ...

When you're driving an automatic car, you don't think twice about changing gears, so what do the 1 and 2 on the gearstick mean? We find out.

And driving schools typically have newer car models, meaning the majority of learners will be taught how to drive in automatics within a decade.

Every automatic transmission car has a neutral gear, but you won't find yourself using it very often. Here's when you should (and shouldn't) shift to neutral.