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AUTO SPIES VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: The feature that makes you ask 'Why doesn't every car have this?'
Because we see so many cars and trucks with 'gee-whiz' features we tend to get spoiled here at AutoSpies.com.

But every once in a while, a company will truly amaze us with some of the developments that actually make it into the final vehicles.

In the case of the new S-Class that THING is 'Night view assist'

Yea, we already hear the naysayers chirping that Cadillac had this a while ago but trust us, it sure didn't work as well as this!

Take a look for yourself as we scoop the world and get you the first video demo of the new S-Class system.

No having to look to the right at a nav screen version, just straight ahead into the gauge cluster.

Dear Mercedes-Benz engineering team,

The drivers of the world thank your for your efforts!

Here's the video and you WILL be impressed.



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lewissalemlewissalem - 2/3/2006 1:30:25 PM
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..we don't make the worst. I believe that title goes to the Russians. Anyways, I look forward to when they finally are able to integrate this into the windsheld though illumination of carbon nanotubes mixed into the glass itself.

Then maybe I'll order the option.

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ecolucciecolucci - 2/6/2006 12:48:58 PM
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When I first saw the above video and another similar video not long ago, I thought to myself that this is slick technology. When I viewed the clip above a couple more times, it seems as though--in the video--that Mercedes is comparing visibility between the infra-red night view assist system ("lower view") and halogen lights ("upper view"), not the much brighter HID xenon lights. If this assessment is correct, then Mercedes is using a bit of marketing sleight of hand to "demonstrate" the much superior view of the road with their night view assist system. Since Mercedes offers xenon lighting on their vehicles, I would like to see how superior--if at all--the infra-red night view assist system is when compared to HID xenon lighting. THAT would be a fairer comparison.

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