Mercedes Knows its Buyers, Designs Golf Cart of the Future

The Germans gathered suggestions from around the world for the ideal golfer carrier, and the top poll findings are wrapped in a design language that the doodlers at the Advanced Design Center call "Sensual-Purity."

The doors can be clicked in or out. There are solar cells on the roof to charge the batteries. It's driven by a center-mounted joystick so that the driver or passenger can take the helm. There's a head-up display, docking station and touch screen monitors for control of amenities like air conditioning, stereo and Bluetooth, weather updates and maps of the course layout. And a refrigerator and retractable lightning rod. And then there's the "fore button" – press it and it tells the other nearby Vision golf carts to sound "a warning signal" about an errant shot.

Mercedes says of its creation, "Simplicity is the key."