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Images of a futuristic new Mercedes-Benz SCL600 automobile — including technical innovations such as a joystick in place of a steering wheel, a video monitor in place of a rear-view mirror, and swiveling gull-wing doors — are genuine photographs of a real car, but that car was constructed as a research vehicle, not as something to be made available for purchase by consumers (although some of its features may have been, or soon may be, incorporated into commercially-available models), and it isn't really new (in a technological sense), as it was introduced back in 1996: The above-displayed photos are pictures of DaimlerChrysler's F 200 Imagination concept study, produced by the Mercedes-Benz design team and unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 1996 to show off groundbreaking systems for improving safety and comfort in passenger cars and demonstrate just how technical innovations could open up new avenues for the styling of future top-of-the-range cars. The full DaimlerChrysler press release described the vehicle thusly: DaimlerChrysler has continued experimenting along these lines with the three-wheeled F 300 Life-Jet, the F 400 Carving two-seater, and the F 500 Mind four-door sedan. Additional information:
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