manual transmission

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Simple actuators without this capability are a bit like manual transmission cars that need to be shifted into reverse.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I also sought insights into who, in 2025, wants to master a manual transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

The Volkswagen Golf R comes with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine mated to either a six-speed manual transmission or a seven-speed automatic.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

But the suspects drove only a few feet before they bailed out of the car because they couldn’t drive the manual transmission.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023

In that big field, the old man, whose name we learned after we agreed to buy the car was Ralph Mason, gave my dad a quick lesson in the vagaries of manual transmission.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez