Since the death of Anton Yelchin, car companies have been worried about unintentional rollaway accidents. Modern electronic shifters can be confusing and, if you're not sure what gear you're in, it's ...

Some Chevy trucks still come with column shifters - a design most automakers have retired. So why is Chevrolet holding on to ...

Just last week, GM Authority brought you photos of the updated interior in the refreshed 2022 GMC Sierra. Although the prototype model featured in those photos was covered in heavy camouflage, we ...

The biggest change to Chevy’s recently-announced 2022 Silverado 1500 is a major update to the interior, which includes the introduction of a console-mounted gear selector – a first for the Silverado ...

If you're old enough to remember, there was a time when column shifters were a thing. From the personal luxury coupe to your family's station wagon all the way up to your grandparents' luxo barge, ...

It's almost a guarantee that when you get an old C10 truck to play with, somewhere on it you will find an "upgrade" that just doesn't suit your plan for the project. One item that is often a point of ...

For all of its modern technology, the Ford F-150 is still offered with a three-passenger bench seat up front. That means that, in some versions of the truck, there’s no room for a modern shifter ...

Getting into a car for the first time, the first place you’ll reach for a shifter is the center console. That’s how almost all cars have been built for decades now, with dash and column shifters ...

"Three on the tree" refers to the shift lever and transmission type, with three forward gears and one reverse. In this configuration, the lever was on the steering column, also called “the tree,” ...

To this writer's mind, nothing quite spoils the look of a period interior more than a modern column where there was once a "three-on-the-tree". Modern-day period rods and customs have long used solid ...

Automatic transmissions are now used in most street machines, street rods, off-road vehicles, and drag race cars. With the addition of recalibration kits and new forward and reversed valve bodies, ...