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 ...

Most people give little thought to their car’s shifter. According to a recent CR survey, more than 99 percent of CR members reported driving newer cars with an automatic transmission, which requires ...

One of the greatest innovations of the '80s was the incorporation of overdrive into manual and automatic transmissions. Overdrive has been a terrific means to reduced wear, tear, and fuel consumption ...

For most drivers, a vehicle's automatic transmission — the most common kind of transmission nowadays, more's the pity — has three settings: Drive, Park, and Reverse. Most automatic transmissions, ...