I use adobe imageready - which comes with photoshop.
I create a photoshop PSD file - with layers for each thing I want on my animation (like that car one you posted)
so lets say 3 layers for that animation
in imageready when you open a picture (like the PSD from photoshop) you get a window with frames of the animation in, and a window with all the layers in.
I do not know how to change playback speed in imageready but it is easy to get a slow looping animation like the one above. I just create 10 (or so) frames for each image, so 30 frames total. Extra frames of animation do not add to the file size so it does not matter how slow the animation is / how many frames of the same repeating thing.
You can turn the layers visibility on / off for each frame. so for the first frame you'd have the top two layers invisible - then press the NEW FRAME button 10 times - this creates 10 frames with that first layer on. Turn on the 2nd layer visibility and press the new page 10 times again - do the same for the 3rd layer and you are done
save it / export it as a gif
it will only be visible in a browser probably, so it will look like a static image if you try to look at it in some programs.
I confess I am bad at explaining things but i hope that helps a little.
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