Mercedes Prototype Spotted

Driving on the 405 North through Long Beach I spotted a Mercedes SUV prototype with a single driver and at least 2 dummies riding along in the car. From what I saw it looked a lot like this ML prototype expected to be out in 2011.

I was suprised by how stealthy the exhaust is, but you can spot it underneath just barely. The shape of the grill leads me to believe they are also testing their active cruise control which they're calling "Distronic". Mercedes has certainly gone very mini van with the direction of the ML, making it quite unfortunate looking.

Here are some crappy cell phone pics...