Extras: Cold weather package, driver assist package, luxury seating package, premium sound package, 20 inch wheel with performance tires, active roll stabilization, instrument panel with leather, ceramic controls, and BMW apps.

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Torque vectoring is permanently active and allows for selective distribution of forces for each individual wheel.

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Rather than faux leather and relatively spartan trimmings (which, I admit, is admirable in many cases), S60 comes with a leather sport steering wheel and gearshift, a power glass moonroof, active dual xenon headlights, dual-zone climate control, illuminated controls, Bluetooth and audio streaming.

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An active palm rest rounds out the modules, with a thumb-wheel and additional action button -- it's joined by a pair of (yet again) adjustable wrist rests that anchor along the bottom edge.

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The active lane keeping assist monitors the lines on the pavement in front of you and sends a vibration through the steering wheel if you start to drift out of your lane.

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