Today, we take smooth, drama-free gear changes completely for granted. You press the clutch, flick the shifter from second to third, and it just clicks into place. But before Earl Thompson cracked the ...

Gearboxes are crazily complicated wonders of mechanical engineering that have allowed petrolheads to continually accelerate their vehicles by using a bunch of varying diameter cogs. Problems then ...

Almost all road cars have a synchromesh gearbox but many race race cars have a dog ring gearbox. Why, and what is the difference? Changing gear works by sliding different gears up and down shafts.

Before decoding synchromesh and dog gearboxes, it is critical to understand the beast. It’s all about engagement; how the gearsets are selected within the transmission is the difference between ...

Isuzu Motors has been granted a patent for an automatic transmission system. The system includes multiple rotating shafts, gears, synchronizing mechanisms, a lubricating oil storage part, a shift ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, we take smooth, drama-free gear changes completely for granted. You press the clutch, flick the shifter from second to ...