But now Volvo has gone...
But now Volvo has gone and thrown a nail file in the works by staging a cheap, badly managed and cheesy publicity stunt at the Geneva Motor Show. This, the Ford-owned, Swedish firm did by not only erecting barriers, but doing so proudly, publicly and provocatively. In establishing an "all-woman" team to develop, over several years, a vehicle called Your Concept Car or YCC, Volvo females blatantly banned Volvo males. Aren"t there equality laws to prevent this sort of workplace prejudice and exclusion?
A system developed by...
A system developed by component maker Bosch, recently involved in a recall of the E-Class and SL, is now defunct - and there"s no one working on a new generation of it.
Brake-by-wire, or Sensotronic as Merc calls it, has no mechanical links between the middle pedal and pads, relying instead on computer signals. The firm says better systems are in development.