From The Archives: Mercedes-Benz Vintage Crash Tests
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: Mercedes-Benz Vintage Crash Tests Video
THEY just don’t break ‘em like they used to. We’re so easily amused/horrified/interested in watching stock footage of safety tests from days gone by. Typically, these old reels serve as testaments to how far we’ve come (or haven’t) in passive cell technology.
In Mercedes’ case, it’s been leaps and bounds. For comic value, watch a Benz engineer get hit in the face with an airbag @ 00:35.
Achtung! Video auf Deutsch.
July 15, 2010
About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
Jim | Jul 15, 2010 | Reply
Those pontoon Benz’s did better that this 59 Chev in a crash test.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g
Gunnar | Jul 16, 2010 | Reply
To be fair, the old Bel Air test was offset, not head on. LOL, I think the V.O. guy who does the IIHS videos takes his vocal cues from James A. Fitzpatrick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSaUhfRXihY