Long before companies like Volkswagen and Porsche got the technology right with DSG and PDK, respectively, many automakers spent years trying and failing to make a manual gearbox work with no clutch ...

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This list was a good bit longer when we assembled it back in 2011. There was a time, though, when choosing a manual transmission meant performance and efficiency advantages over the optional slushbox.

Once hailed as the “standard” choice and celebrated as the quintessential driving experience, the manual transmission has witnessed a gradual decline in popularity over the past two decades. In 2019, ...