Subaru Outback VS Mercedes-Benz F 015
Subaru Outback 2018 VS Mercedes-Benz F 015 2018
2018 Subaru Outback VS 2018 Mercedes-Benz F 015
2018 Subaru Outback:
Featuring revised front and rear styling for a more robust stance, the 2018 Subaru Outback also debuts significant upgrades to comfort, safety and multimedia capability. Many new engineering and design details throughout the 2018 Outback enhance the driving experience and the vehicle's versatility. As the World's First Sport Utility Wagon the Subaru Outback was instrumental in launching the crossover trend more than 20 years ago, with rugged styling that highlighted increased capability. Today, the Outback offers the most interior room in an expanding segment of sport-utility wagons: total passenger volume 108.1 cu. ft., plus 35.5 cu. ft. of space behind the rear seats and 73.3 cu. ft. with the standard 60/40-split fold-down rear seatback folded. The load floor is nearly flat, and the cargo area features convenient rear seatback release levers. Numerous details help make the Outback convenient to load and carry cargo, as well as items such as kayaks and bikes. Roof rails with integrated retractable crossbars are standard on all models, except Touring, which features exclusive low-profile roof rails in a silver finish with available detachable crossbars. Step-style doorsills allow a person to stand firmly when securing objects to the crossbars on all Outback models. Rugged Good Looks, With an Added Touch of Elegance: The Outback shows a bolder, more rugged looking face for 2018, highlighted by wider, lower grille openings and a new bumper that complement the iconic Subaru hexagonal grille. The C-shaped headlights, parking lights and new horizontal character lines extending outward from the grille subtly suggest the piston motion of the BOXER engine, a Subaru core technology. The redesigned headlights feature distinctive "Konoji" daytime LED running lights...
https://www.netcarshow.com/subaru/2018-outback/
2018 Mercedes-Benz F 015:
When it comes to ultraluxe sedans, there is much to be said for the Mercedes-Maybach S600. The long-wheelbase, twelve-cylinder S-class for the most discriminating of sybarites is whisper-quiet, will launch you to 80 mph before you’ve even noticed, and remains fundamentally unperturbed as it mows down the proletariat—its Magic Body Control reducing the thwump of the wheels over their limbs to the inconvenience of a mere road-surface imperfection. But Mercedes-Benz has its eye on what the future might hold, and we found ourselves sitting in that future as it clomped around an old naval base across the bay from San Francisco. In the F 015 Luxury in Motion concept, the ride is anything but Benz-serene. Naval Air Station Alameda, famous as the location of Chekhov’s desired “nuclear wessels” in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and more recently known as the site of plenty of Mythbusters’ stunts, was shut down in 1997. In the ensuing eighteen years, time has not been kind to the old runways, and the 26-inch wheels fitted to the far corners of Daimler’s metallic space bean don’t do the concept any favors in the isolation department. Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion prototype But the wonky, Conestoga-grade ride is about the only clue to what’s happening in the outside world. Peer through the screened windows and you’ll note the container ships passing by, but your eyes are soon once again drawn inward to the opulent cabin, with its touch-screen-lined door panels displaying an abstraction of the outside world as a cavalcade of coolly pulsating dots. The oh-so-serious Germans running the event take pains to point out that the F 015 isn’t driven, it’s merely conducted. Yes, there’s a steering wheel and pedals, but we never touch them. Via a swipe of the door screen, the driver can offer control of the car’s behavior to any passenger, allowing for speed adjustments, a choice of 360-degree photos displayed around the car, changes to the cabin ambiance, and we imagine—were the F 015 equipped like a modern S-class—even control of the aromas delivered via the HVAC system.
http://blog.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz-f-015-luxury-in-motion-concept-we-go-for-a-ride-in-daimlers-half-baked-bean/
