2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class "the ultimate geek car?"

With all its high-tech features, Wired News calls the 2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class "the ultimate geek car." An onboard radar system, automated acceleration and braking controls, and a night-vision display are among the features offered. Bruce Gain describes his experience with the car's automated braking system: "After setting the system to maintain a distance of about 170 feet from cars in front of me, it took a lot of nerve not to apply the brake manually when I was humming along at over 90 mph and saw that traffic had come to a dead stop just a few hundred feet away. But in time I learned to trust the Distronic system enough to force myself to keep my feet flat on the floor while the car gently decelerated from high speeds to a dead stop -- without plowing into the car ahead of me."