Remember when dual-clutch transmissions were all the rage? The promise of increased efficiency over a torque converter automatic and lightning-fast shifts was tempting at a time when normal automatics ...

A model-year update for the Hyundai Santa Fe large SUV will bring a switch back to a conventional automatic transmission, in the US at least.

Still, even with the empirical evidence that DCTs and shiftable automatics are faster and (as of late) more efficient than ...