But Martin,

1. The only reason so much attention was placed on the original idea is because the big mis-conception/untruth was the Mercedes saw what BMW did in 2002 and rushed to market a copy-cat system in 2007. That theory has been throughly de-bunked.

2. Wasn't saying that it was, really wasn't part of my position.

3. Ditto, see #2.

4. But BMW most certainly did see what MB displayed in 1995 and got cracking.

M