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Stick shifts were supposed to be dead. Instead, three pedals are the coolest thing in the car world right now, and collectors, automakers, and weekend wrenchers are all in on it. Here's why the manual is having its biggest moment in decades — and what it means for your garage. The Numbers Don't Lie For years the story was simple: automatics are faster, smoother, and easier to live with, so manuals were riding off into the sunset. Then something weird happened. Collector-car m

Tiny, boxy, 660cc, and somehow the coolest thing in your neighbor's driveway. Japanese kei trucks have quietly gone from "weird import nobody's heard of" to the hottest cult vehicle in America, and the used market is eating them alive. Here's what's actually going on. Wait, What Even Is a Kei Truck? "Kei" (keijidosha) is Japan's ultra-compact vehicle class — built to squeeze through narrow city streets and qualify for lower taxes and insurance back home. That means every kei

Stick Shift Strikes Back: Why 2026 Is the Year the Manual Refuses to Die Everyone told you the third pedal was headed for the museum. Automakers keep proving them wrong. Row-your-own gearboxes are creeping back onto option sheets, take rates are climbing on the cars that still offer them, and a whole generation that's never rowed a gear is suddenly obsessed with learning how. The Numbers Don't Lie For over a decade, manuals were treated like a rounding error on the order shee

Row Your Own: Why the Manual Transmission Refuses to Die Everybody swore the stick shift was headed for the automotive graveyard right next to the cassette tape. Instead, it's staging one of the weirdest comebacks in car culture history - and enthusiasts, automakers, and your local mechanic are all doing a double take. Let's talk about why three pedals are suddenly cool again. The "Dead" Transmission That Won't Stay Dead For over a decade the obituaries were written: dual-clu