The best time to use low gear mode is when driving up and down a steep incline or when towing a heavy trailer. Don't use it ...

The gearbox is one of the building blocks of the modern car. Not surprisingly, it's also one of the most complex bits of hardware inside any vehicle. A car's engine connects to its crankshaft, which ...

We're roundin' third on our maintenance kick on Truckin magazine's longest-running truck project. What started as simply knocking the dust off our '64 "GMC" to hit some cruises during the great ...

The advent of automatic transmission was a significant milestone in the automobile industry, turning driving into a more ...

It may not look like it, but cars actually function thanks to a variety of fluids. One of the most, if not the most, important is the automatic transmission fluid (ATF) for automatic cars. It plays a ...

Automatic transmission technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since the early days of Fluid Drives, Dynaflows, and Powerglides. The General took giant steps when it replaced the Turbo 350 with ...

In general, there are three types of transmissions – manual, automatic, and CVT. Each of them have their own pros and cons. The automatic and CVT gearboxes are similar in that they do not require ...

Almost every vehicle with an automatic transmission sold today uses letter codes to represent the different gear modes. Each mode is usually self-explanatory, such as “D” for Drive or “R” for Reverse.