Is the car of the future already out?

The car of the future is out there now.

Take the all-new 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550, for instance.

It's bristling with technology and features that surely will filter down to smaller Mercedes products in a year or two -- an almost deadly accurate infrared technology-based night vision system, a system that automatically prepares you for a crash if the car detects that one is almost inevitable.

Another system to apply extra pressure to the brakes to help avoid a collision. And all of that is just for starters.

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dblo7 - 3/22/2006 2:31:16 PM

+1 Boost

Not sure why Benz decided to go with the Ford Focus head lights? Should have gone with a more contemporary look of the last S-class model, something that is not similar with the Lexus ES.

As for technology; Cadillac was first to come up with the night vision and didn't do well do to the high option price. If any technology is going to gain ground it needs to be obtainable, thus high end cars receive first because their buyers do not mind the added cost.