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BMWBLog recently reviewed BMW’s new “proactive driving” technology. This new feature being added to new BMW vehicles software allows the cars to make more intelligent decisions in regards to automatic transmission selection. For instance, if a car pulls out in front of one of these BMWs, the car becomes aware of the driver’s new predicament and can keep the transmission in the correct gear to ensure the driver has the proper engine speed to get around the other car.
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Mercedes-Benz introduces their night vision technology in Amsterdam, Netherlands:
See video in this post!
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This poor BMW test driver crashed a new BMW i8 recently on a test drive in Germany, see link below for more:
Benz Insider reports that Mohammed Ali’s 1959 Mercedes-Benz Golden Angel Wing is about to be sent to auction. The car belonged to Ali in his hay-day, and features jewel-encrusted side body panels and 24k gold plating.
BMW helped team USA develop their new bobsled for the 2014 Sochi, Russia Olympics. See more in the video documentary preview below:
BMW’s possible design for the new 4-series Gran Coupe (4-door coupe thing) has appeared on the net as possible renderings for patent drawings posted on the “F30post” forum. It looks very similar to the normal 2-door 4-series, but has some elements seemingly taken from the 3-series GT Wagon / Van crossover vehicle. See more photos at Autoblog.
BMW has finally brought the car key into the 21st century with their new BMW i8’s, which features a small LCD screen in addition to the traditional “lock”, “unlock”, and “trunk” buttons. Take a look at photos and read more about it at the UltraLinx blog.
GT Spirit takes us on a tour of the MBZ museum in Stuttgart in their wonderful walk-through article.
Some interesting factoids:
The architecture was designed by UN Studio and is inspired by DNA’s double-helix shape see more in Mercedes below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mo7Kg7jaxA
The museum has 177605 square feet of displays
They offer 2 different tours daily
7 legend rooms detail different legendary times in Mercedes-Benz history
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Quality Motors will be closed on December 24-25 for Christmas and we will also be closed on December 30, 31 and January 1, 2014 for New Year’s! Have a happy holidays from all your friends at Quality Motors!