| According to a recent study by the Center for | | | | BLUETEC in the States. It was the first diesel |
| Automotive Research (CAR), automakers are | | | | engine to survive California's strict tests on vehicle |
| giving birth to car designs that are innovative by | | | | emissions, attained by generating a urea injection |
| following three basic directions: integrating in small, | | | | system to inject a small quantity of acid that is |
| efficient groups for speedy communication; | | | | ammonia-based, into the exhaust stream, |
| employing various kinds of information channels | | | | rendering the hazardous emissions ineffective. |
| like direct live conversations between consumers | | | | However, Mercedes Benz Car reckons that they |
| and designers on the Internet; and introducing | | | | will embrace DiesOtto technology that basically |
| leaders who exude passion for customer | | | | blends the benefits of both diesel and petrol |
| awareness and their product. | | | | engines. This technology took shape when the |
| The auto industry has to deal with an increasing | | | | F700 Concept and an efficient four-cylinder |
| trend of nameplates. To be successful, an OEM | | | | turbocharged engine having unparalleled power, |
| must differentiate itself with cars that are | | | | flexibility and torque was unveiled. Do not pay |
| innovative, developed with the help of globally | | | | attention to the F700 being in excess of five |
| collaborative procedures that participate the | | | | meters in length, that it is your ultimate luxury |
| consumer in the design process. By using | | | | car, which possesses the same emissions and |
| easy-to-utilize solutions, from Web sites that are | | | | economy as a diesel supermini. |
| shared and developed for collaboration to tools | | | | Picture the scene is an innovative car |
| for project-management and a complete range of | | | | development. A car that is able to sense on a |
| Web-centered methods for making direct | | | | highway that it is quickly closing in on a vehicle in |
| communication, the auto industry is introducing | | | | front. It calculates that there is a possibility of an |
| new methods for working together. | | | | accident and the driver is warned, quickly getting |
| The last couple of years have witnessed issues | | | | the vehicle and the passengers in it prepared for |
| of dispute with carbon emissions for owners of | | | | an impending accident, the brakes applied, the |
| new and used cars. Encouragement is being given | | | | sunroof closed and seat belts tightened. A |
| to motorists by both the media and politicians to | | | | dangerous crash is avoided and passengers and |
| decrease the size of their vehicles and cut down | | | | car escape the accident relatively unhurt. |
| their carbon footprint. There is even an intense | | | | The dream of wheel-scuffers, Automatic Parking |
| suggestion that the London Congestion Zone will | | | | will be available soon on a complete range of |
| relocate to account for vehicle emissions, thus it | | | | luxury cars. Just drive through a line of cars |
| will effectively become a low carbon zone | | | | parked and the technology is capable of detecting |
| compared to a congestion zone. | | | | a big enough space for the vehicle you have. |
| Some manufacturers think that Flex-Fuel (i.e. Cars | | | | Pre-scan technology is another innovative car |
| that can work on emissions free E85 ethanol or | | | | development that has been showcased by the |
| petrol or a mixture of both) or bio-powered cars | | | | Mercedes Benz Car. It was incorporated in the |
| will solve the problem. But, the infrastructure | | | | Mercedes F700 concept, where scanning the |
| needed to construct station pumps that fill | | | | surface of the road is done by the lasers prior to |
| ethanol, even national scale ethanol refineries is | | | | the car driving over it. Thus, the suspension is |
| out of reach at best for ten years. | | | | prepared to react accordingly to the terrain and |
| Mercedes Benz Car introduced the E 320 | | | | makes sure unprecedented ride comfort. |