When Volkswagen first introduced the Taos, the company offered two transmission options: an eight-speed automatic on front-wheel-drive models and a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission (VW calls it ...

Volkswagen gets a lot of love and hate in equal measure. It's often glorified for its "German engineering," which barely scratches the surface, as it is known for reliability, comfort, and good road ...

VW has tested a manual transmission for EVs EVs that make sound are on the table at VW An electric GTI and Golf R won't arrive until the end of the decade The manual transmission might not die at ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is among the original hot hatchbacks, an icon of front-wheel-drive fun that traces its history back to 1976. Over the ensuing decades, it's always offered a manual transmission ...

They say the worst day of your life starts normally. Today, it started with Volkswagen announcing that the manual transmission in the Golf GTI and Golf R will be officially dead after 2024, with one ...

A special edition celebrates the final run of the manual transmission-equipped VW GTI. I guess all good things have to come to an end, right? Volkswagen’s legendary GTI is losing one of its defining ...

For many years, people believed the manual transmission was on its way out, although it stubbornly resisted. Now, its time might have finally come, as shown by a recent decision by SAIC-Volkswagen in ...

Driving a car equipped with a manual transmission these days is something of a rarity among the public, but this rarity has turned into something positve for owners of manual-equipped cars. It seems ...

While many thought the manual transmission would have gone extinct by now, numerous car manufacturers continue to offer vehicles with a stick shift. These cars, such as the Volkswagen Jetta GLI, are ...

In keeping with this series' overarching theme of giving you the experience of being cornered at a party by some wild-eyed loon who won't shut up about some bullshit, I think we have a good episode ...

Volkswagen is expected to completely abandon the manual transmission by 2030, a new report claims. The German car manufacturer is in the midst of a massive electrification push and by 2030, plans to ...