2012 Mercedes S550

Perhaps the best way to enjoy the open roads of America is to cruise along a road in your car gives you a massage.

It's just one of the things the 2012 S550 will do for you that is not driving, technically. It offers night vision, can move their support to always held firmly in her seat through a hard corner, wake you up if you start falling asleep, and surround you with the wooden edge of the best looking (not looks like real wood.

For decades, the S-Class has been the crème de la crème of the flagships. So naturally, expectations are always high when Mercedes-Benz launches new engine under the hood.

The S550 does not disappoint. The new 4.6-liter twin turbo direct injection V-8 429 horsepower explosions. The motor of this amazing feat is that engineers discovered a way to make the 20 percent smaller, but creating a power of 30 percent.

There are still a little annoying slight delay between pressing the accelerator and that wonderful feeling that the engine starts to push the car of 4,800 pounds as if it were a race car. And while the world moves to smaller engines, ships sail flagship V-8 engines. Nothing will ever replace the sound of a V-8 means that when the driver grinds the pedal to the carpet and silky luxury.

Actually, that's the only sound heard inside the S550 – with everything else out of the sealed cabin.

Class S only has a certain sound and feel that when you're driving. It is heavy, but still crisp. Every movement is deliberate and every piece of the car is exceptional. The steering is firm, stable and smooth ride. Winds seven-speed automatic transmission gears quickly and smoothly, both the vehicle runs in the background that there is not always how good it really is.

Bumper to bumper technology

Then there is the technology inside and out. It is everywhere and makes everything more or less. Some cars tout stereo and Bluetooth connectivity. These can be nice, but the S550 will give you a slap electronic and remind you to wake up if you notice erratic direction on the road.

Of course, if you're on the road, it is likely that the Distronic Plus cruise control, a radar-based system that actually will guide you through traffic. The system tracks the cars ahead of you and keep your speed. In traffic, which can lead to a complete stop without lifting a toe.

The same goes for the high beam of light adaptation. You do not have to do anything. This system uses a camera for the taillights and headlights and quickly adjusts high beam / low to prevent blindness to other drivers. When you start to drive in this system, which is a bit stressful, because I think it will change the lights. But yes, at all times.

Then there is the night vision. Yes, the night vision. Click the button and the LCD screen that normally displays the speedometer behind the wheel disappears and becomes a monitor of a camera mounted on the front of the car. This camera uses infrared light and thermal imaging to detect warm-blooded people and then shows on the screen.

At first, I thought the Night View Assist Plus Vista was interesting but a bit of sense – no lights do the same? (The system claims to see pedestrians 325 feet before. Then, on a trip home one night, I turned on the system and kept cruising. Suddenly, something appeared on the screen that you could not see, so I took my foot off the accelerator and brake.

Finally, through the lights, I saw this black cat with short legs, with a thick white stripe on its back. Hitting that could have replaced some of the rich leather smell some Mercedes not like when I got the car.

Driving comfort

But those are just the highlights of technology. This car really has everything you can imagine, blind spot detection, active help lanes, braking torque vectoring and stabilization of crosswind.

Technology begets technology and has always been the history of the S-Class

The S550 follows the story.

It moves, units and acts as a Mercedes should.

Then there are the fabulous bucket front seats that massage. Search fast and powerful command and feel the massage up and down rolling back. (Although massage is not fast or strong, is still relaxing after a hard day's work.

And relaxing is the key to managing the S550. You can have the technology rather than a space shuttle, but it's there for you and does not care if you notice it or not, as long as you feel comfortable.

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