If you've ever glanced at your car's gear shift and noticed an "M", you might have wondered what it means. Automatic vehicles often come with various selector modes to improve the driving experience.

We were on the Western slope of the Colorado Rockies visiting friends on their ranch. It was April, still serious winter there. A heavy snow hit, but that did not stop my friend. He constantly was ...

Learning to ride a motorcycle can be a challenging endeavor. You have to learn how to start, steer, and handle your bike safely. But without a doubt, the most difficult aspect is learning how to shift ...

If you're a new driver -- or you're new to the world of automatic transmissions -- it's always helpful to brush up on what the letters on the shifter actually do. Alongside P, R, N, and D, plenty of ...

Each letter or number listed on the transmission gear shift represents a unique setting or task for the transmission. Here is what each letter or number means. Virtually all passenger cars nowadays ...

Drivers are finding a secret weapon to use when traveling on snow-covered roads, and most of them don’t have to look any farther than their gear shift.“The plus/minus is your up shift and your ...

Our report that Porsche is adding fake gear shifts to its EVs stirred up a lot of big feelings among electric diehards and traditional enthusiasts.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Kramer covers golf and luxury technology. There is a movement of higher-end e-bikes coming to market that now include the ...

Harnessing the power of Ford’s open-source platform OpenXC, 3D printing, Bluetooth and a Xbox 360, one of the Detroit automobile manufacturer’s engineers has created a manual shift gear knob that ...