http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/ Engadget Comments for Mercedes' new S-Class rocks Distance Plus urban cruise control http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.drive.com.au/editorial/article.aspx?id=10759

they tried showing off a "crash-avoidance" system and it didn't quite turn out their way. :X]]>Feb 18th 2006 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/The Distronic work the same but didn't work under a speed of (i think) 30 km/h, could also be 15 km/h. But i used that all the time awesome, but also dangerous because you don't focus on driving because the car does most of it itself.
I think the only really new thing is that the distronic can bring the car to a full stop. The second thing which I didn't like about it was that when the car accelerated again after breaking behind a car, most of the time it didn't go slowly back to your old driving speed but it when at full speed which on a S 400 CDI is damn fast and the car shoots down the street.
But mind you the car could have some errors I must say a car that costs € 140000,- and every piece of the car keeps falling of and breaking it was the crapiest car I've seen.
And the display with the two cars was in the old model aswell.

But still it was nice driving the S 400 CDI and the sound of the engine was awesome ;)]]>Feb 18th 2006 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 18th 2006 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/
This the second gen Distronic Plus that will virtually drive the car for you.

It's especially handy in traffic jams as it's the only one that will crawl you through traffic.

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Can someone please explain to me why there's been so many stories about on this site about the Mercedes S-Class lately?

Come on guys, do you really think this is news?

The 2007 S-Class, including the full list of features, was released in August of last year, if not sooner.

What's next, you're going to run a story about the fact the S-Class has a button that magically moves your seat forward or backwards?

If you're going to run stories about cars, at least run stories that haven't been out for 6+ months.

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Distronic works, apparently - unless you're driving it in a steel-lined bunker. ]]>Feb 19th 2006 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 19th 2006 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/
Well, due to the cushy suspension, the driver never felt the wood block the car rolled over and simply smashed into the car in front of him. Don't know why they couldn't just move to cars outdoors?!?]]>Feb 20th 2006 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Feb 20th 2006 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Pretty stupid and this Autobild guy WAS trying to fool the SternTV team.]]>Feb 20th 2006 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/
Does anyone have information on setting up the incar telephone on a 2007 S-Class? Where do you find a cradle? Is it needed? Will the car bluetooth link to a bluetooth telephone without the cradle? Facts-no BS]]>Feb 24th 2006 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/18/mercedes-new-s-class-rocks-distance-plus-urban-cruise-control/Aug 30th 2006 8:29PM