The automatic transmission is $1,400, but its improved fuel economy — 15/25/18 mpg city/highway/combined EPA ratings versus 14/23/17 mpg — frees it of the manual model’s $1,000 gas-guzzler tax.

Manual Transmission Cars Available in 2026: From affordable commuters to high-end sports cars, and SUVs, here's what's left for the three-pedal faithful.

The process for checking transmission fluid on automatic versus manual transmissions is completely different. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Despite the overwhelming prevalence of automatic transmissions I would conservatively guess that 55 percent of the 4x4s I’ve owned in my life had manual transmissions.

In Cars.com’s national new Toyota Tacoma inventory, only 944 examples with a manual transmission were listed at the time of writing versus 21,156 with an automatic.