2000 Mercedes-Benz CL500

摘要

The new Mercedes-Benz CL coupe is not Just a rebodied, pricier S-class derivative. It's the first Mercedes equipped with Active Body Control (ABC), a system that may soon be mentioned in the same breath as ABS (antilock braking system), ASR(anti-slip regulation, or traction control), and ESP (electronic stability program, or skid control). To learn how ABC works. check out this month's Technically Correct column. To find out how it shapes up on the road, read on. In the course of a long,hard day, we put the new CL to the real test. On the track. On a slalom course. Against the stopwatch. And, of course, on the open road. As reference cars, we took along a last-generation CL and the latest S500 sedan. The results exceeded our mostoptimistic expectations.