How it actually works is that, by selecting the car's manual mode and shifting between the gears yourself, this overrides the automatic transmission's typical pattern of when to change gears. For ...

The main types of transmissions are automatic and manual. We're looking at the differences and the similarities between them to help you choose what's best.

We’ve said of the automatic Tacoma that it’s often best to simply switch to power mode or be ready to slap it into manual mode, and by definition the manual gearbox solves that issue.