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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