Jul 26
In this touchscreen, push-button, mouse-click world, there’s an undeniable mechanical satisfaction about driving a manual transmission. A perfectly rev-matched downshift proves to the world that you’re the master of the machine, not vice-versa. But if you’re a stick shift novice raised on video games, how will you teach your button-mashing hands to finesse a gear lever? An inventive Ford engineer has your answer in a smart shift knob that tells you when to shift.