Mercedes Benz SCL600 (Myth?)

Ok - after having these pictures of this apparently new merc - I had to do some research of my own as to how real this ride really is. I mean - no steering wheels or pedals! Come on now - this for real ya'll?

Well here's what we found:

These images of a futuristic “new Mercedes-Benz SCL600” automobile – including technical innovations such as a joystick in place of a steering wheel, a video monitor in place of a rear-view mirror, and swiveling gull-wing doors – are difficult to classify as “true” or “false”. They are genuine photographs of a real car, but that car was constructed as a research vehicle, not as something to be made available for purchase by consumers, and isn’t really “new” … it was introduced over ten years ago.

The above-displayed photos are pictures of DaimlerChrysler’s F 200 Imagination concept study, produced by the Mercedes-Benz design team and unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 1996 … DaimlerChrysler has continued experimenting along these lines with the three-wheeled F 300 Life-Jet, the F400 Carving two-seater, and the F500 Mind four-door sedan.

Go to this link: http://lighthousepatriotjournal.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/myth-blaster-mercedes-benz-scl600/