2011 BMW 535d Sedan Review and Road Test
DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS IN THE BMW 535D
Driver assistance systems are particularly well-integrated into the car and the more I spend time in cars with these sophisticated systems, the more I become convinced that they are a necessity, not a luxury. Everyone is subject to a car’s blind spot, so, unless you are driving a convertible, blind-spot detection (a light blinks if there is a car in the blind spot) has universal appeal. Ditto for the lane-departure warning system that makes the steering wheel vibrate if the car wanders out of the lane. Far too many accidents take place when drivers momentarily lose their focus (or worse, fall asleep) at the wheel.
Equally useful are an active cruise control system that can bring the car to a complete stop and resume when appropriate and the swiveling adaptive headlights, reminiscent of those of the Citroën DS, which move along with the steering wheel.
While I can’t argue against the fact that night vision with pedestrian detection adds a layer of safety, and I like BMW’s implementation of it in the Central Information Display compared to the way Mercedes-Benz places it in the instrument cluster, it’s still too expensive to have mass appeal or impact.
Full Review available at thedieseldriver.com
Source: thedieseldriver.com
DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS IN THE BMW 535D
Driver assistance systems are particularly well-integrated into the car and the more I spend time in cars with these sophisticated systems, the more I become convinced that they are a necessity, not a luxury. Everyone is subject to a car’s blind spot, so, unless you are driving a convertible, blind-spot detection (a light blinks if there is a car in the blind spot) has universal appeal. Ditto for the lane-departure warning system that makes the steering wheel vibrate if the car wanders out of the lane. Far too many accidents take place when drivers momentarily lose their focus (or worse, fall asleep) at the wheel.
Equally useful are an active cruise control system that can bring the car to a complete stop and resume when appropriate and the swiveling adaptive headlights, reminiscent of those of the Citroën DS, which move along with the steering wheel.
While I can’t argue against the fact that night vision with pedestrian detection adds a layer of safety, and I like BMW’s implementation of it in the Central Information Display compared to the way Mercedes-Benz places it in the instrument cluster, it’s still too expensive to have mass appeal or impact.
Full Review available at thedieseldriver.com
Source: thedieseldriver.com
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