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 ...

WOLFSBURG, Germany -- The Volkswagen brand plans to replace all of its transverse-mounted automatic transmissions with its direct-shift gearbox over the next five years. The direct-shift gearbox, VW's ...

"Manual Transmission Foils Car Theft" is a headline we write all too often, and now Volkswagen has taken advantage of America's stick shift incompetence to advertise its Jetta GLI's manual ...

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 ...

It seems Volkswagen won't be following Porsche or Mercedes-Benz into the arena of multi-speed transmissions for EVs. On Thursday at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show Kai Grünitz, head of global research ...

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 ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

Standard used to be, well, standard. But today, as automatic transmissions continue to get smarter and faster, the manual transmission is quickly going the way of the dodo for most manufacturers. VW ...