Until now, the How It Works series has focused on how an engine makes power. Now we'll fill you in on how engine power is made usable to propel a car. The parts used to get the car moving consist of ...

Automotive explainers are a good way to not only get reacquainted with how things work, but to blow off a boring afternoon at work. Gathered here are some great explainers we found on how we get ...

Several components mediate between the output produced by your car's engine and the power that ultimately gets to the driven wheels. In a manual car, the power transfer process is helped by a clutch, ...

It goes without saying that your transmission is one of the most critical components of your vehicle. The layman's description of how it works is fairly intuitive: the transmission is the middle-man ...

Having a transmission in a car is something most of us take for granted. It's just part of the car. It belongs there, just like the tires or the steering wheel, but have you ever given any thought as ...

Manuals are a dying breed in the modern car market. Especially in North America, most of the cars that are sold have an automatic transmission, but we're not here to talk about manuals vs. automatics.

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 ...