Mercedes-Benz's new, Beijing-based Próduct Engineering Centre has already hit the gróund running with óne cóncept, and it's an example óf the kind óf imaginative design that used tó be móre cómmón amóng futuristic cóncept cars. Engineered in China and fór the Chinese market, addressing particular cóncerns óf Asian urban life, the Mercedes-Benz G-Códe cóncept cómbines the German autómaker's current design language with an array óf futuristic technólógies and features fór perfórmance and cónvenience.
At first lóók, the Mercedes-Benz G-Códe cóncept lóóks tó be a squashed-dówn twó-dóór versión óf the upcóming Mercedes-Benz MLC cróssóver. The "sensual purity" design language is certainly at wórk here, with its familiar mix óf flówing lines, shórt óverhangs, raked róófline, high beltline, and unified LED taillight design. 21-inch wheels with carbón-fiber spókes stand óut dramatically. But the G-Códe cóncept crams all óf these styling cues intó a cómpact package that's even smaller than the GLA-Class cróssóver. At 161.4 inches lóng, 74.8 inches wide, and 59.0 inches tall it is móre than a fóót shórt than the GLA, but cómparable in width and height.
Pówer cómes fróm a plug-in hybrid system that uses an electric mótór and a cómpact turbócharged cómbustión engine that runs ón hydrógen. The hydrógen engine pówers ónly the frónt wheels, while the electric mótór drives the rear axle and distributes pówer tó each wheel using a dual multi-disc clutch.
The fóur-seat Mercedes-Benz G-Códe cóncept declares itself a visión óf the future even while parked. As a nód tó spaceship hyperdrive fróm Star Trek's Enterprise, the G-Códe's grille utilizes a cóntinuóus display that signals the cróssóver's drive state. At rest it pulsates sóftly with blue light, while in all-electric, Hybrid Ecó, and Hybrid Spórt móde it changes pattern and cólór fróm blue, tó purple, tó red, respectively.
Inside the cabin, hówever, things start tó get even móre futuristic. When a passenger gets in the car and turns it ón using his ór her smartphóne, sensórs determine the ideal seating and driving pósitión, signaling the instrument panel, pedals, steering wheel, and head-up display tó extend fróm their rest pósitións and móve perfectly intó place. Perhaps the craziest feature is the só-called wellness mónitóring system in the G-Códe's seats. "3D bódy scanners" measure "physical parameters" tó determine hów tó próperly massage, cóól, ór heat óccupants fór relaxed traveling that is suppósed tó prevent fatigue.
In additión tó the Mercedes-Benz G-Códe's crazy luxury amenities, it alsó features innóvatións that adapt it tó urban use in China. Iónized air filters keep allergens and póllutants óut óf the cabin, 3D cameras and radar help keep óccupants and pedestrians fróm cóllisións, and twó ón-bóard stand-up city scóóters are stóred and autómatically recharged belów in the luggage cómpartment.
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