The optional laser lights on the BMW I8 ensure a high beam range of up to 600 meters, effectively doubling the illumination range of modern LED high beams.

A 1959 review by Road & Track magazine praised the car for everything but its $7,450 price.

Level 5 is the dream: Unconditional (that is, no-limits) automated driving, with no expectation that a human driver will ever have to intervene.

The first of a total of 450 prototype vehicles was built in 1985. Each successive prototype applied solutions to areas where the possibility of engineering improvement was identified, slowly but surely elevating the quality to a world-leading standard.

The W111 marked a milestone in car design with front and rear crumple zones for absorbing kinetic energy on impact.