Luxury Technologies

The features of luxury cars vary depending on the manufacturer and the cost of the car. As technology advances, the gadgets and features of cars also evolve, giving car buyers more and more options for the accessories they want to make their driving safer and more convenient.

Luxury Car Technologies

Some of the technologies that luxury car manufacturers offer today include:

• better torque and higher horsepower
• four-zone climate control that operates throughout the car's interior
• massage features on the seats
• pressure gauges for tire pressure, which help increases gas mileage and safety.

Along with these features, technological advances are changing cruise control designs so that luxury cars seem to be driving themselves. For example, cruise control not only keeps your luxury car at a set speed, but it can also keep a set distance between your car and the car in front of you.

Similarly, some of today's luxury cars have systems that allow the car to parallel park itself. Using sonar, the system actually measures the distance between your car and the parked cars both in front and behind it. Then, this feature turns the wheel for you. The only thing that you do is brake the car.

Other helpful and safe features that come on some luxury cars include:

• Blind Spot Warnings: When you start straying from or decide to change lanes, this feature will alert you if there is an object in your blind spot.
• Dashboard Projections: This feature projects an image of your dashboard onto the window in front of you so that you do not have to take your eyes off of the road.
• Global Positioning Systems (GPS): These systems notify roadside assistance companies to quickly get you help if you are stranded on the road. The next development in this area will probably allow your car to transmit additional information, such as accident locations and whether or not the air bags were deployed.
• Rear Cameras: These cameras project images onto a screen to keep you from running over anything when you are backing up.

Environmentally Friendly Luxury Cars

If you are concerned about fossil fuel consumption and emissions, take a look at the luxury cars that use alternative fuels. Consider a hybrid car, which uses both gasoline and electricity for fuel, to help reduce your gas bill and to promote a cleaner environment.

Getting a diesel luxury car, or better yet, using bio-diesel made from renewable resources, if available, also reduces emissions. New on the market is a combination hydrogen/gasoline luxury car that offers a smooth drive. However, questions remain as to whether this fuel combination is actually beneficial to the environment.

Luxury Materials

Along with the latest technologies, luxury cars also come equipped with top-of-the-line materials to make the exterior of the car safe and sleek while keeping the interior is as comfortable as possible. Along with hand-stitched leather seats, luxury cars may have:

• chrome grilles
• chrome highlights
• polished wheels
• wood interior trimming
• wood steering wheels.

The combination of new technology and top-of-the-line materials makes luxury cars truly exceptional machines capable of providing both high performance and extreme comfort.