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Tests show your heart beats five beats per minute lower in a Mercedes

The newly developed THERMOTRONIC system allows the temperature and airflow to be individually adjusted by each occupant. This automatic climate-control system is sensor-controlled.

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The newly developed THERMOTRONIC system allows the temperature and airflow to be individually adjusted by each occupant. This automatic climate-control system is sensor-controlled.

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August 25, 2005 We all know that driving can be stressful and to a large extent, most of us have long since accepted it as an occupational hazard. To luxury vehicle manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz though, producing feelings of well being in the driver is one of the core values of the brand. Now Mercedes benz has released research showing the psychophysical stress experienced by drivers travelling long distances in the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is lower than in other vehicles. DaimlerChrysler Research compared the S-Class and competitor models under identical driving and traffic conditions on a 500 km route and found the average heart rate of drivers was up to six per cent (or five beats per minute) lower in the Mercedes than in the vehicles it was compared with.

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