Tip of the Week: Using a manual transmission (02:18)

If you've thrown in the towel on driving a car equipped with a manual transmission, you're not alone.

The exact opposite, in fact, with an estimated less than five per cent of Canadian car buyers opting to shift through the gears themselves.

For those holdouts that do want to #SaveTheManuals, as the catchy saying goes, cars today are making life a whole lot easier.

From hill-hold assist to rev-matching, manual transmissions are better than ever while remaining rewarding for drivers.

Bill Gardiner has more in this Tip of the Week.

This segment originally appeared on Episode 4 of Motoring 2015.