Mercedes-Benz F500 Mind

The Mercedes-Benz F500 Mind was a concept car from the experimental F-series of Mercedes-Benz, presented in 2003 at the Tokyo Motor Show. The Russian Wikipedia article describes it as a test laboratory for a hybrid electric-diesel drive, a new door and interior concept and an electronic driver information system. Its body was a four-door hatchback more than five metres long with no central side pillars, and the doors could open conventionally or in the opposite direction. The drive combined a 4.0 litre V8 diesel of 184 kW with a 50 kW electric motor for a combined 234 kW and 860 Nm, and the electric motor could move the car alone at low speeds in stop-and-go traffic. The project promised fuel savings of up to 20 percent, steer-by-wire control that reached production in 2005 and an infrared night vision system that reached the S-Class in 2005.