Posts Tagged ‘EightSpeed’

Spy Shots: 2010 Mercedes-Benz CLK

Friday, August 1st, 2008
A Quarter Pounder with cheese isn't exactly Schupfnudeln and Kölsch, but some Mercedes-Benz engineers decided to slum it while putting the new CLK through hot weather testing. That stop at the Golden Arches put Stuttgart's camouflaged efforts under the scrutiny of the Automotive Traveler's long len......

Spy Shots: 2010 Mercedes E-Class

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the new E Class from Automotive Traveler.Our friend Rich Truesdell over at Automotive Traveler just sent us some pics of the new 2010 Mercedes-Benz E Class that he shot in the desert. While there's still a bit of camo on it, you can clearly see a lot of the new sh......

Automotive Traveler offers “Car photography for dummies”

Saturday, June 28th, 2008
This is the kind of photo Rich Truesdell will teach you to createWe've actually talked about doing this ourselves before, at least internally here at AB HQ. Giving some practical pointers on basic photography theory for new bloggers trying out their DSLR skills for the first time. Basic stuff like ......

Spy Shots: Even better pics of the new ‘09 Acura TL

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Click image above for additional pics of the 2009 Acura TLWe just showed you some spy pics of the 2009 Acura TL yesterday, but when one automotive photog saw the lo-res cellphone pics we ran, he knew he could do better. Our buddy Rich Truesdell of Automotive Traveler sent over a small patch of pics ......

Toyoda proves you can never have enough airbags

Friday, June 6th, 2008
First came driver airbags, then passenger airbags. Side airbags were followed by curtain airbags. Then knee airbags appeared. With many vehicles on the road already equipped with six or more airbags for passenger safety, and seemingly no interior room left for additional inflatable supplemental rest......

New BMW 7-series will come with 8-speed transmission

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
When BMW released the redesigned 7-series back in 2001, they were the first to offer a six-speed automatic transmission. Two years later, Mercedes upped the ante by throwing an additional cog into the mix, equipping their new S-class with a seven-speed auto. Now that Lexus is offering an eight-speed......