The fly must home in on the fruit by tracking the odor, it must navigate the complex visual flow of a three - dimensional world and, all the while, it must
maintain flight speed and direction in the face of shifting air currents.
Active roll stabilization; electronic damper control; four - wheel steering; eight -
speed transmission; a new twin - scroll, single - turbo 3.0 - liter in - line six putting out 300 horsepower and 300 pound - feet of torque (or a twin - turbo 4.4 - liter V - 8 with 400 hp, in the 550i); new robotic parking assistance; head - up display; night vision; stop - and - go adaptive cruise control, which will
maintain a following distance in traffic and slow to a stop, then start rolling again, just like traffic on the 405; and roughly 8 million other acronymic systems, gadgets, gizmos and
flight surfaces loomed to the car's high -
speed cerebellum.