Austrian and Bavarian Alps

Traffic near Salzburg is relatively slow due to many road constructions. We mostly travel at around 70 km/h. I am having trouble taming the 5.2 V10 450 hp beast under the hood. It just wants to be unleashed. I have to resort to a device that is taboo among the spirited driver; the cruise control. This one is a radar equipped cruise control.

I set the cruise control at 130 km/h, the maximum speed in Austrian Autobahn even though the current traffic will not allow me to go faster that 70 km/h. The brain of the S8 performs a delicate calculation based on the speed of the car in front. Very quickly the S8 matches its speed with the flow of traffic and establishes the three second space from the car in front. When a car cuts into the space in between, the S8 brakes gently and re-establishes the three second space buffer zone. Finally the traffic eases up and the S8 accelerates to the preset 130 km/h in no time. If the "Knight Rider" David Hasselhoff drove this car, he would be re-living his Hollywood past life with the "kid."

Austrian and Bavarian Alps

Traffic near Salzburg is relatively slow due to many road constructions. We mostly travel at around 70 km/h. I am having trouble taming the 5.2 V10 450 hp beast under the hood. It just wants to be unleashed. I have to resort to a device that is taboo among the spirited driver; the cruise control. This one is a radar equipped cruise control.

I set the cruise control at 130 km/h, the maximum speed in Austrian Autobahn even though the current traffic will not allow me to go faster that 70 km/h. The brain of the S8 performs a delicate calculation based on the speed of the car in front. Very quickly the S8 matches its speed with the flow of traffic and establishes the three second space from the car in front. When a car cuts into the space in between, the S8 brakes gently and re-establishes the three second space buffer zone. Finally the traffic eases up and the S8 accelerates to the preset 130 km/h in no time. If the "Knight Rider" David Hasselhoff drove this car, he would be re-living his Hollywood past life with the "kid."