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Michael Schumacher Test Drives The New C-Class W205

Michael Schumacher in the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 4 photos
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Michael Schumacher at the wheel of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class W2052015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class W2052015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205
Back in September we were reporting about the newest Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive campaign, which was to feature none other than Formula 1 multiple champion, Michael Schumacher.
Most of the array of active safety systems which comprise the Intelligent Drive philosophy are already found on the Mercedes-Benz flagship, the S-Class W222, while others are featured by the facelifted E-Class family of models, but these two are only the beginning.

Unlike ever before, the upcoming fourth generation of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class will mirror most of the driver assistance systems from its bigger brothers from the day that it is launched.

Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador Michael Schumacher was recently invited to a secluded proving ground site called SimCity, in Sindelfingen, where he was given the wheel of a pre-production C-Class in order to test all the latest active safety systems that the model will sport.

“Nobody is able to give 100% concentration all the time over a longer period to cope with the car and traffic situation. Sometimes just a moment of inattention is enough. And that is precisely why I support intelligent assistance systems for passenger cars,” Schumacher said about Intelligent Drive.
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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