Over the years, the trucks have certainly become more sophisticated. Take transmissions for example. At one time the only choices were "three-on-the-tree" or "four-on-the-floor" manual boxes. When ...

Ford's Automatic Overdrive (AOD) transmission arrived in 1980 in full-size Fords, Mercurys, and the Lincoln Continental. As the AOD became available in more applications during the 1980s, including ...

“The basic question here seems pretty simple,” writes Jack Roberts on the website of CCJ, sister fleet-focused publication to Overdrive. “If you’re running a fleet, which is more important: Your ...

The price of street gas being what it is, even the most hard-core hot rodder must grasp the consequences. Certainly, they can curtail driving to reduce fuel cost, which often precludes traditional ...

Allison Transmission Sept. 14 introduced to the media a radically different 10-speed fully automatic twin-countershaft range-type truck transmission called the TC-10. Allison says production will ...

General Motors is launching a new 9-speed automatic transmission for use in front-wheel-drive passenger vehicles, and thanks to a thorough technical backgrounder event hosted by the automaker, we've ...