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  • [Music Playing]

  • So the Mercedes A Class isn't something new.

  • It's a compact car that's been around for a while.

  • It's a refresh of that compact car.

  • It's a gasoline powered car so it's not electric, which is what we're usually interested in,

  • but the technology inside of it is still pretty interesting and that's what we're going to

  • take a look at today.

  • Mercedes brought us out here to Amsterdam.

  • This isn't a sponsored video but they did pay for the flight, so keep that in mind.

  • Even though electric cars are the way of the future, the technology is progressing through

  • the gasoline powered cars first.

  • So some of the technology we see inside of the gasoline powered cars is what's going

  • to end up in the electric cars in the future.

  • [Music Playing]

  • So we're inside the event now and we don't see the car just yet.

  • There is a camo version over here which I'll show you in just a second, but we're wondering

  • where the real cars are going to come out.

  • [Dan] I think it's going to come out of the ground right here on this circle.

  • And then smoke...and lights.

  • I'm hoping!

  • [Zack] It's a huge circle so it might happen that way.

  • But I'm thinking that this garage door is going to open up and the cars are going to

  • drive out like normal.

  • [Dan] That's kind of boring.

  • Maybe the ceiling...I don't know.

  • [Zack] Yeah, they could drop down.

  • [Dan] We'll see.

  • We're going to wait for two hours in the front row just so that we can can have a front seat.

  • [Zack] We're going to get the best shot of these cars coming out...after we get some

  • food.

  • [Music Playing]

  • [Zack] So this is a camo-ed version of the real car.

  • They have it painted with all these different lines and curves and stuff so if it's, you

  • know, if pictures are taken out in public, it kind of hides the definition of the car.

  • The real version will be painted like normal and not camouflaged.

  • All the insides are covered up, but I'm pretty sure this is close to the final version...unlike

  • the Faraday car which the interior was unfinished.

  • The lights are hidden from view.

  • It looks like this is vinyl tape over the whole car.

  • The sun roof is sweet though.

  • So right now I'm standing on like the center stage where the whole presentation is going

  • to happen.

  • And we're in this huge warehouse that used to be right next to the docks....remember

  • we got here on a boat?

  • And so if you look up here, right here is like the sky crane thing that travels along

  • these huge metal rails all along the length of the building.

  • And I'm assuming they used to build like big boats and stuff in here.

  • We saw the same thing at the NASA facility back when I went and watched the Space X launch.

  • So it's cool that Mercedes is repurposing this building for one of their events.

  • [Music Playing]

  • Here comes the fog.

  • Nice.

  • [Dan] You ready for this?

  • [Zack] Yeah.

  • [Singing]

  • [Zack] We thought the car was going to come out...but that wasn't the car.

  • Maybe next time.

  • [Dan] There's like the one more thing in reverse.

  • [Speaker] Please stand up and check it out for yourselves.

  • [Zack] So this is the Mercedes A Class and it might be the most high tech car they've

  • ever made and the exterior looks pretty sweet as well.

  • So one thing I really like about this car is that there are hardly any seams.

  • You can see that this body panel goes all the way up over the door and all the way down

  • and back here by the tire.

  • They've tried to get rid of all of the creases and all of the seams between the body panels

  • all over the car.

  • This is the A Class 2018 and it has dual displays, one here on the left and one here on the right,

  • with all of these air vents right here.

  • And the cool thing about the display is, right here on this little head up unit, is that

  • I can control this tiny little track pad by my thumb.

  • So as I swipe up and down, you can see that centered console moving around up and down

  • for different displays.

  • And this screen over here is handled with my other thumb.

  • I can swipe through all the different menus and displays, and pressing it, you know, moves

  • through all the maps and stuff like that.

  • It's pretty sweet, and there are a bunch of safety features as well.

  • There are a bunch of cameras and stuff all around the outside of the vehicle with radar

  • and lidar, and the sensors we've seen inside of the Tesla's and other cars.

  • But one safety feature that I've never heard of before is something to protect your ears

  • before you crash.

  • So you know those few split seconds when you're holding something glass and you drop it and

  • you know 100% for sure that it's going to hit the ground and shatter everywhere?

  • Cars can think faster than humans and they realize through all of their sensors when

  • something is going to crash, and all of the speakers in the car will emit a frequency

  • that your eardrum can hear.

  • And kind of how like your pupils dilate when you see the sun and when you see light, and

  • it keeps the light from going in your eyes and like damaging it.

  • The same thing happens when the sound emits from the speakers.

  • It's kind of like a white noise little blip, and it will keep your ears from getting damaged

  • when you crash into something, because crashes are noisy.

  • And that's not something that everybody thinks about, you know, your ears.

  • It's like when you're playing video games and someone tosses a grenade [grenade explosion

  • sound], [ringing sound] and you have that ringing sound in your ears in the video game?

  • The same thing happens after loud noises and explosions and crashes.

  • And Mercedes has taken that into consideration and protected your ears in this car.

  • There's also a little touch pad down here at the bottom and this controls, you know,

  • more...there are so many buttons inside of this car it's insane.

  • I'm still going to drive my Tacoma around everywhere, but it's nice to see where the

  • technology is headed, whether it's a gas engine or an electric engine, you know, the technology

  • can be applied either way.

  • And as cars shift gradually into the electric and alternative energy sources, this technology

  • is just going to get better and better.

  • Another cool feature about this car is augmented reality on the display screen as you're driving

  • through.

  • You know, like with Google maps and Apple maps it has a little icon showing you on a

  • two dimensional screen where you're going and where you're traveling.

  • On this car it actually shows the road in front of you with arrows and stuff in a 3

  • dimensional world augmented reality.

  • Along with a sweet car lines we have the sun roof right up here.

  • And this whole glass panel shifts up and back over the back part of the car to let all of

  • the sun and air flow through while you're in the car.

  • So like I said before, I'm a truck guy.

  • I'm going to keep driving my truck personally.

  • But when Mercedes invites you out to Amsterdam to one of their launch events, you go.

  • And this has been a really cool experience, so thank you Mercedes for bringing us out

  • here and showing off the awesome technology.

  • I love where things are headed.

  • And to you guys, thanks a ton for watching.

  • I will see you around.

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Mercedes A Class 2018 - The Most High Tech Mercedes yet!

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