Mercedes-Benz’s Magic Body Control is a unique suspension system exclusive to the S-Class that allows the car to pre-adjust the suspension by scanning the road ahead. This system allows the car to glide over rough patches and potholes on the road, using a road-sensing system (Road Surface Scan) to pre-load the shocks for the road surface detected. The Magic Body Control uses a camera to scan the road ahead and prepare the suspension for bumps and imperfections.
The E-Active Body Control is an optional suspension system that includes the Road Scan, Airmatic, and the Magic Body Control suspension and comes with a 48 V operating voltage. This system adds hydraulic cylinders on top of the regular struts, which enhances stability and comfort. The Magic Body Control uses two cameras on the windshield to scan the road ahead, evaluates bumps and dips in the road, and adjusts the suspension to compensate for them.
Magic Body Control is an innovative technology feature that transforms the Mercedes-Benz S-Class into a “flying carpet” with an unparalleled degree of stability and comfort. It uses active noise canceling headphones, which can outperform passive noise canceling, to work with the car suspension. The advanced system works to read the road in front of the car and uses that information to adjust the suspension and create a smoother ride.
In summary, Mercedes-Benz’s Magic Body Control is a unique suspension system that uses sensors, hydraulic actuators, and adaptive damping to improve comfort and control. The system scans the road ahead and prepares the suspension for bumps and imperfections, ensuring a smoother ride for the driver.
📹 Mercedes-Benz “Chicken” MAGIC BODY CONTROL TV commercial
As part of Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive, MAGIC BODY CONTROL ensures optimum driving comfort. Watch the “Chicken” …
📹 Mercedes-Benz MAGIC BODY CONTROL | S-Class
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Incredible, my parents drive a Mercedes C-Class and they won’t let me drive it, but man, when I sit in it, I feel like a king. It’s so smooth to drive that I can’t even describe it. Seriously, Mercedes, if it weren’t for you, the automotive industry would be boring because only you know how to make durable, comfortable and beautiful cars. Respect!❤️
That explains a lot about their Product and they’ve used these adorable Chickens as an example of their car’s stability control. I can’t believe its been almost a decade since they have made this commercial and it still make us laugh and amazed on their strategic concept. As of now, this is the most brilliant commercial around the world that people always searching for it. Plus, Diana Ross’ Song Upside down was a big hit during 1980 and used accurately to this commercial.
I can’t believe I only saw this today. This is one of the great … I was about to say ads … but it’s kind of just a great ‘thing that exists’. As a 3-year chicken family manager, and having worked in advertising for 20 years previously, I tip my hat very sincerely. Whoever knew enough about chickens to come up with this idea, and the entire team who supported this idea and got it made, wow. And of course, the talent. Ladies, nicely done. 💅
I had a SL500 that had the ABC system. When it worked it was incredible. One of the best riding and driving cars out there. Stable, smooth and responsive. It felt like you are on rails, when you cornered. But at around 75K miles it started to go stupid. The car would pull to the right at interstate speeds. They kept saying it was out of alignment, and when they checked it it was good. Then they said it was the tires, even though the tires showed no signs of abnormal were. After multiple trips to the garage they determined it to be the ABC system. The right front strut was loosing pressure causing the corner to dip at faster speeds, changing the down force and making the car pull to the right at higher speeds. They replaced the strut and for good measure the pump. Total bill was around $8,000. Normally I don’t buy extended guarantees on cars, but in this case it paid off.
Only up to 130 kph (less than 81 mph)? Then it’s totally useless for me… But I guess some retired ladies on tranquilizers will love this… BTW: I LOVE this idea, I am just hugely disappointed about the speed limitation (which is very strange, because taking and processing images at e.g. 260 kph is just twice as demanding – no major technical obstacle these days). Actually, technology like this is absolutely necessary for “safe” high-speed driving. At low speeds, the driver can react and do something about a situation. At high speeds, the car needs to take care of stuff like unexpected holes or “waves” in the road surface etc., which the driver can do absolutely nothing about and which will cause car damage or loss of control. For example, in case of a hole on just one side of the car, the car should gradually “freeze” the front and rear wheel’s vertical movement on that side while running over the hole and “unfreeze” it afterwards, so that the wheels don’t sink into the hole and then hit the hole’s end-wall, destroying the tire and/or rim and upsetting the car’s stability.
hello mercedes bmw audi there is an invention called ”electromagnetic suspension” which is smoother than this and everything other for that matter and the reason they didnt use it was that(as they said at least) ”it was too heavy and expensive” and from when did rolls royce and bentley care for too heavy and expensive? last time i checked rolls royce moved around by rotating earth around and costed more than a fucking jet
That’s cool. But what if someone decides to drift this car sideways and the cameras are registering the profile of a sidewalk or open gutter 5 feet ahead at 110kph? or if there’s heavy rainfall; will the cameras see a “brick wall”. or what if this car is close behind another vehicle, can the cameras still successfully record the road profile ahead of the car in time? Just a thought. – nothing is fool proof because fools are ingenious.