Mercedes technology: Watch and learn

Following the success of the My BMW Remote App, Mercedes has announced its own software for Apple Watch and iPhone.

Technology

Intended mainly for navigation, the features include door-to-door directions to your car, as well as safe navigation when you’re driving, from an Apple Watch or iPhone.

The technology will be released this autumn, with further features for the technology included. Updates on fuel levels, range, maintenance codes and odometer readings will be available on the app, which will work with Mercedes-Benz C-Class and S-Class vehicles that have the Command Online tech. Support for other models is said to follow after the launch, with Mercedes hopeful that it will be in every new Mercedes by 2017.

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BMW’s ‘Batmobile’ tribute

Big Motoring World has discovered that BMW are to unveil a tribute to the ‘Batmobile’ 3.0 CSL at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.

Performance BMWs don’t come any more iconic than the 3.0 CSL of the 1970s, and it will be shown at the world-renowned event for classical cars in France later this month. With its steroidal styling, lively handling and screaming six-cylinder engine it set the template for every M Beemer since.

Homage

More than four decades years later, BMW is paying it the ultimate compliment with a concept car to be shown at Hotel Regina, Paris, on 22^nd May. It’s likely to follow the lead of the new M4 Coupe, which swapped steel for aluminium and glass for Perspex in pursuit of a lighter kerb weight. The 3.0 CSL will use carbon-fibre for the lower sections of the bodywork.

It has a massively widened rear track and, like the original, a huge rear wing with the LED taillights swirling around its outer edge. The BMW badge on the C-pillar is another distinctive cue taken from the Batmobile.

Plans 

The interior is yet to be unveiled, but BMW told Autotrader: “All the elements in the cabin are absolutely essential (with a) driving related function”. Expect a stripped-back, simplistic passenger compartment with bucket seats; no sign of a radio or sat-nav.

There’s no indication as to whether BMW is serious about putting the ‘Batmobile’ into production, but we suspect it will remain a design study for the foreseeable future. What it definitely does prove, however, is that BMW is plotting a higher performance version of the M4. They may use water-cooled turbochargers as showcased on the M4 Moto GP safety car, but whether it will be badged M4 GTS or M4 CSL remains to be seen. 

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Mobile banking – literally: Big Motoring World reviews

Polish based bank, IdeaBank, has developed a portable ATM Machine, built in the back of a BMW i3. The thinking is that the public will be able to get cash deposits anywhere they need it, by a simple phone call.

Benefits

Pop-up restaurants, bars and festivals are the primary aim of this idea, so people won’t have to walk to the bank for some much-needed cash. And business owners will also be able to safely drop off their takings rather than walking to the bank with a day’s takings, or leaving it on the property overnight.

Environment

The service is free-of-charge and the BMW i3 models are fully electric so won’t damage the environment. Once you download the IdeaBank app, you can signal for an ATM machine to come to you at a certain time and place; the fastest, easiest way to deposit your cash on the way out of the office!

The same safety procedure is being applied as with the safety deposit vans which transport banks’ money, so it’s a secure, quick and easy way which could be the future of the world’s ATM machines.

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Major Coupé for Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Concept GLC Coupé, carrying the previous successful formulae into a more compact segment.

Mercedes Elegance

The company has said in a recent press release that the dynamic and expressive show car has combined the typical styles of a coupé with the pure design of upcoming SUV generations. Extremely strong in character, this prototype has a twin-blade radiator grille, power domes on the bonnet and a dour-pipe exhaust system which look great. 

Almost all of the main body section is harmonious and is an eclectic mix of styles combining Mercedes elegance and a rugged, off-road feel with 21 inch tyres, front and rear underbody protection and increased ground clearance indicative of its off-road potential. 

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