Mercedes S-class: Closest thing yet to a self-driving car

That almost-driving-itself trick is made possible by the S-Class's mind-boggling array of radar and camera systems.

Besides simple lane-keeping, the S-Class can park itself into a parallel or back-in space. Unlike other cars with similar features it takes care of everything: the steering wheel, the accelerator and the brakes. It's very cool to see it in action, even though it gets close enough to the other cars to make you very, very nervous. (Not to mention the owners of those other cars if they happen to witness it happening.) But it gets into the space like a pro.

The car's front-facing 3D cameras also provide data for something called "Magic Body Control." Sounds freaky and it is, but probably not in the way you're thinking.

The camera "reads" the surface of the road in absurd detail, warning on-board computers about every upcoming bump and ripple. Those computers then manipulate the car's suspension, preparing the car to, essentially, step over bumps as they arrive making the ride eerily smooth.

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