Heavy vehicles need many gears because their engines deliver peak torque within a limited RPM range, usually between 1000 and ...

Well, that isn't entirely accurate, as you'll see in this video series from YouTube's Gears and Gasoline, in which one of the Bens replaces the blown 1ZZ engine in his MR-S with a highly modified ...

These days, many automatic transmissions come with eight, nine, or even 10 gears. Why is this, and is it actually a good ...

A transmission changes gears depending on speed and accelerator input (i.e., how far down you push the pedal) so that the engine’s RPM or “revolutions per minute” are kept appropriately low. This ...

If you aren't having fun, what's the point? Gears and Gasoline, one of the good car channels on YouTube, recently introduced a new series called "Track Tested" in which they employ a semi ...

First Gear: A Wednesday morning shakedown as a Daytona ... on the cusp of another possible change in NASCAR’s fuel supplier. This season is the last for Sunoco in its current deal as the ...