



Since the 1950s, constant-mesh manual transmissions have become increasingly commonplace and the number of forward ratios has increased to 5-speed and 6-speed manual transmissions for current vehicles. Internals of a manual transmission for a front-wheel-drive vehicleĪ manual transmission ( MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada and the United Kingdom), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).Įarly automobiles used sliding-mesh manual transmissions with up to three forward gear ratios.
