I think you mean the 2017 E-class, they just started appearing at dealers in CA, and I'm excited to go test-drive one and see how much better it is than my 2014

I think you mean the 2017 E-class, they just started appearing at dealers in CA, and I'm excited to go test-drive one and see how much better it is than my 2014 E-class. That said, it's my understanding that DISTRONIC still disengages if you take your hands off the wheel for more than a short amount of time, same as the 2014 model, and I haven't seen Mercedes make any announcement that the 2017 model will be so good that they're gonna assume liability for accidents. All bark, no bite. It's great that there's competition in the autonomous tech, but I'm very skeptical of either Mercedes or Volvo standing behind that promise any time soon now.