As automakers move toward efficiency and convenience, another round of manual transmissions bites the dust. Here are the ...

To be sure, not only is the number of cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles available with a stick shift dwindling, few young drivers are learning how to shift for themselves these days.

The expected shift to electric vehicles has triggered a last-minute surge in demand for manual transmission cars, such as the sports car that Shibuya drives. While stick-shift fans think now is ...