Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive.

We prioritise safety in our vehicles – beginning with the standard equipment. Proven systems support you in complicated situations that you can be faced with daily in road traffic.

The braking system increases driving comfort and safety. On the one hand it helps to perform critical braking manoeuvres with the basic function of the ABS anti-lock braking system while convenience functions make coping with daily driving situations easier on the other.

By priming the brakes the brake linings are already brought close to the discs should the driver takes his foot abruptly off the accelerator. The valuable time won as a result shortens the brakes' response time and can thus reduce the stopping distance.

The system also intervenes to support the driver on uphill gradients, thereby helping to make the journey more relaxed. The Hill-Start Assist function prevents the vehicle from rolling back when moving from the brake to the accelerator pedal The HOLD function can keep the vehicle stationary without having to maintain constant pressure on the brake pedal.

And finally, the "brake drying" function provides a further boost to safety: In the wet it carries out brief braking impulses, imperceptible to the driver. This enables the water film which has built up on the brake discs to be eliminated which significantly reduces the response time of the brakes.

We always keep an eye on you. Using an analysis of your driving behaviour at speeds between 60 and 200 km/h, ATTENTION ASSIST can prompt you to take a break in good time. For your own safety.

In particular on long trips and when driving at night this system can increase driving safety. Based on the driver's actions ATTENTION ASSIST recognises typical signs of fatigue and severe inattentiveness and issues visual and audible warnings of impending microsleep.

Decades of experience in safety technology have gone into every Mercedes-Benz vehicle – making critical situations more and more unlikely. If despite this a critical situation should ever arise, this system will assist you with preventive and protective measures.

The PRE-SAFE® system combines passive and active features. Seat belts and airbags can protect vehicle occupants more effectively if they incorporate active systems such as driving assistance packages or Brake Assist.

To do this, PRE-SAFE® continuously evaluates sensor data from other systems, such as the Electronic Stability Program ESP® and BAS Brake Assist, and can identify scenarios such as heavy over/understeer and emergency braking.

The system is able to identify critical handling situations in advance and initiate preventive measures for occupant protection in the event of an impending accident. These include e.g. the reversible belt tensioning or the automatic closing of any open windows.

The system has the following functions:

• Extended occupant protection through the deployment of protection mechanisms
  
• Occupant protection against intrusion of objects and objects flung around
  
• Support of protective function of belts and airbags

This system facilitates parking and manoeuvring with a realistic all-round view with the help of four networked cameras. The vehicle and its surroundings can be shown in a bird's-eye view on the COMAND display, and obstacles below the window line are also made visible to the driver.

Only available in combination with the optional Parking package with 360° camera.

Driving is often a hectic affair. In particular, searching for a place to park can be stressful. With this system we reduce the burden on you, the driver. You have less stress and more comfort and safety.

The system makes finding a parking space as well as parking in both parallel and transversal spaces easier; it also assists when leaving a parallel parking space. It automatically steers the vehicle into parking spaces and frees the driver from having to steer and brake.

The system indicates with a "P" symbol and a direction arrow in the multifunction display of the instrument cluster that it has located a suitable parking space. By default the system looks on the right side of the road, when the left-side turn indicator is activated also on the left side of the road.

The steering manoeuvre is carried out automatically, but the driver can intervene at any moment. The driver only needs to operate the accelerator and brake pedal; parking is complete in a maximum of seven moves.

The PARKTRONIC electronic parking aid monitors the front and rear of the vehicle when manoeuvring and warns the driver if it detects a danger of collision.

Focus on the essentials: On what's happening in front of you. Even if you should really be looking behind you. Reverse parking and manoeuvring is considerably easier and safer using the rear-view camera.

It automatically switches on when reverse gear is engaged and shows the driver the surroundings behind the vehicle with dynamic guidelines on the CENTRAL MEDIA DISPLAY.

In this way the driver has a clear overview of driving manoeuvres. Moving and stationary objects are also shown on the display. In combination with an optional trailer coupling, the system provides an additional function that simplifies the operation/coupling of a trailer using special guidance lines and a zoom mode.

Whether country roads or motorways: Night driving is demanding. Because good visibility is important, but without dazzling other road users. This equipment takes some of the burden off your shoulders when driving at night.

This system makes it possible to drive with high beam constantly switched on without dazzling other motorists. The driver thus always has the optimum headlamp range at his disposal. The function is active from a speed of 30 km/h on roads without lighting.

Watch how your vehicle also watches. And responds: Different weather, light and driving conditions mean different demands on vehicle lighting.

For better visibility on country roads and motorways, when turning or cornering, the LED Intelligent Light System adapts to light and driving conditions. In addition to its distinctive visual appeal, LED technology delivers a greater light intensity combined with reduced glare; and there is no requirement to change lamps through the life of the vehicle.

This system uses country road lights and motorway lights instead of the low-beam headlamps. It gives brighter and more extensive illumination of the road nearside than conventional low-beam headlamps. This helps the driver to orient himself better and react sooner.

Other system equipment includes:

• Active light function for significantly extended illumination when cornering
  
• Enhanced fog lamps for improved orientation in poor visibility
  
• Independently activated cornering light function

Standard equipment for AMG models.