The car of the future is here 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.

Mercedes is not alone, of course. Other companies are joining the relentless push toward more technology. Lexus' top-of-the-line luxury sedan, the LS 460, will be able to park itself when it hits the market in the fall. Infiniti's M45 offers a feature that warns you if you cross the center line in a road. And Acura's RL can tell you when traffic is blocked and offer you a way around it all.

And here's potentially the biggest technology scoop of all: Honda has announced that it will begin producing the FCX, a car that will be powered by fuel cells. It starts coming down the assembly line in extremely limited numbers in 2010.

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No_expert - 6/4/2006 7:26:33 AM

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i agree, not everybody can be a better driver and technology would aid non better drivers abit if they know how to use them...

Hyundai - 6/4/2006 3:46:29 PM

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I came accross an idiot (around 18 years old) driving his parents' VW Passat. Guess what he was doing while I was driving side by side at 80 km/h, honking at him and signaling him to look at the road? Lo-and-behold, he was reading a mother-effing MAGAZINE! What is wrong with people? Guess what he did when I honked at him? He flipped me off and swore at me!

A fact of life: There are smart people and then there are stupid people that will be stupid no matter what you do or say to them.

Hyundai - 6/4/2006 3:48:34 PM

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The reason why I pulled up beside him was because he was swerving in his lane. He had the magazine up against his steering wheel! @#*&$-&%$@#$@!!!