The Continental?s Detroit Notepad: Transmission Trends, Why Germany Shouldn?t Want the U.S. Passat, and Who Didn?t Show

Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental.
Seven- and eight-speed transmissions are so 2010: The transmission gurus tell me that nine- and 10-speed boxes [...]


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