If ever a car deserved an award for being high-tech, it's the Lexus LS460. So stuffed with technology is it that it's like a Cray Super-Computer with wheels. Next thing you know it'll be talking in a monotone voice and referring to itself as 'HAL'.
In the meantime, influential German car mag Auto Bild has awarded the LS technical development of the year trophy for its ingenious pre-safe crash system.
The standard Pre-Crash Safety System currently fitted to the LS 460 operates through a combination of a radar based obstacle detection system, driver warning of potential collision, pre-arming of brakes and airbags, retraction of seat belts and automatic initial application of the brakes.
Speaking in Dublin, Lexus Ireland marketing manager Aiden Connolly said “The Lexus ‘Advanced Pre-Crash Safety System’ will become available in Ireland on all LS versions on the introduction of the LS 600h later this year. It is a further advancement on the already innovative ‘Pre-Crash Safety System’ currently in operation on the LS 460 and a further valuable contribution to the safety of LS drivers in particular, but also general road users."
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