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Driver Assistance Systems: Part 6 - Front Assist

The Front Assist ambient traffic monitoring system uses a radar sensor to detect situations where the distance to the vehicle in front is critical and helps to reduce the vehicle’s stopping distance. In dangerous situations the system alerts the driver by means of visual and acoustic signals and wit

Driver Assistance Systems: Part 9 - Area View

Area View supplies live images from around the car into the cockpit. A total of four cameras provide the reassuring all-round view. And with the 180° wide-angle lenses at the front and rear, the driver’s field of vision is even extended by the areas 90° to the left and right of the vehicle's foremos

Driver Assistance Systems: Part 8 – Trailer Assist

Manoeuvring with a trailer can become a test of patience for the uninitiated, for the combination does not always respond as you might expect. The steering angle is decisive for precise reversing: the optional Trailer Assist assumes the steering function. The driver simply needs to select reverse, p

Driver Assistance Systems: Part 7 – Blind Spot Sensor

The Blind Spot sensor works from 15 km/h and can alert the driver by means of an LED indicator in the exterior mirror where another vehicle or object is located in the warning area. Radar sensors in the rear monitor the area behind and alongside the vehicle. This allows, within the system’s limits,