03-20-2004, 11:57 AM
Bill 84 318i Wrote:In the past year or two, Benz gained the upper hand in the aesthetics dept - the new E-class is gorgeous while the new 7 is heinous and the 5 is meh.
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Has Benz done anything to compete with newer BMW technology such as the Active Roll Stabilization of the e65 and e60 or the Active Steering of the e60? Impressive systems.
me and gerald got to "autocross" the new E320s and E500s at fedex field a couple years back, and man those things are boats but they were pretty pimp. the "sport" setting of the active suspension wasnt all that different than the normal setting. the tiptronic shifter was slow in response, but the brakes were very good at stopping that huge beast. but i personally like the styling of the new 5, 6, and 7 series.
as for benzo technology, they've got some impressive features. the idea of the active suspension (although not new) is a good idea. some of the models also use dopler radar to match speeds with the car in front when using cruise control (sucks for people using radar detectors though). i think they are in the works of having an automatic adjustment of toe and camber depending on how the car is turning (man, i would hate to be a mbz tech...)
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