PADM

Electronics started to appear in premium cars in the 1970s: the 911’s fuel injection, introduced in collaboration with Bosch on the 1973 G series, was the first significant application on a Porsche and marked the beginning of a process. The Mercedes S class was the first production car to feature ABS in 1978 and five years later the Carrera 3.2 was launched with one of the first comprehensive engine management systems. This linked fuelling, air mass, temperature and other parameters and was the precursor of the sophisticated and complex software which today underpins