Have you ever felt the need to honk at someone at the same time that you were flicking shifts mid-apex using the paddles in your luxury vehicle? We didn’t think so either, but Mercedes-Benz engineers are ready for everything. That includes what CarBuzz has just uncovered in a patent filing: Paddle shifters that will honk if you push instead of pull. Apparently, it’s a solution to a common problem we’ve never heard of.
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