1997 MercedesBenz E420 was crash tested on April 16, 1997 into a fixed deformable barrierat 64.3km/h

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Overall evaluation: Acceptable
A 1997 Mercedes-Benz E420 was crash tested on April 16, 1997 into a fixed deformable barrier
at 39.9 mi/h (64.3 km/h) and a 41 percent overlap on the driver side. A Hybrid III 50th
percentile male dummy was positioned in the driver seat with the lap/shoulder belt fastened.
Measures of intrusion taken after the crash indicated the lower instrument panel in front of the
dummy moved rearward 3-5 cm. Resultant intrusion in the driver footwell measured 14 cm at
the footrest and 13-19 cm at other places on the toepan. The upper end of the steering column
moved upward 10 cm and rearward 3 cm. The driver seat rotated forward and outboard due to
deformation of the floor under the seat. The driver door and trunk opened during the crash, but
all other doors remained closed. Postcrash examination of the driver door indicated the latch
was activated by door deformation between the exterior door handle and door latch. The left
rear door required tools to open, but the right front and right rear doors opened with ease after
the crash.
The driver dummy was restrained by a three-point lap/shoulder belt with a pyrotechnic crash
pretensioner and a front airbag. The crash pretensioner activated to remove slack from the
shoulder belt. Despite the pretensioner, 8 cm of webbing was pulled from the retractor. The
action of the force-limiting mechanism accounted for 2 cm of the total webbing pulled from the
retractor. The front airbag did not contact the dummy’s face during deployment. The driver seat
back rotated forward during the crash, causing the head restraint to contact the back of the
dummy’s head. After loading the airbag, the dummy leaned left toward the driver door, twisted
slightly to face the right, and leaned rearward. The back of the dummy’s head then contacted the
driver door window sill. The dummy’s head contacted the head restraint as the dummy settled
into the driver seat in an upright position.
Measurements from the dummy’s head, neck, chest, and legs indicated significant injuries to
these body regions would be unlikely. The dummy’s head contact against the window sill
produced a vector resultant head acceleration of 29 g.
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@michaeldouse8971 Жыл бұрын

Ive been in a crash in one of these I got t boned by a truck running a red light. My car looked really destroyed but when I was inside I felt nothing

@Bamsebrakar2011 Жыл бұрын

A massive deformation. Notice the dent that occurs above the rear left wheelarch. I was surprised to see this, when I owned one more than 20 years ago it was generally considered one of the safest cars on the market. It strangely did better in EuroNcap (may have been tested with a smaller and lighter engine?).

@roadwarrior144 Жыл бұрын

Well, I wonder if the deformation is a bad thing (to an extent). Doesnt all the deformation show that the kinetic energy of the crash is being channeled around, and absorbed by, the passenger compartment? Thereby preventing it from being largely absorbed by the occupants?

@kalasantysmietana4990 Жыл бұрын

@@roadwarrior144 its simple physics law. Power of impact must release on something. Its better to destroy a car than take power to our body.

@runepedersenDK Жыл бұрын

@@roadwarrior144 Collapse of the safety cage is always bad. You want the frontal deformation zone to transform the kinetic energy by deformation, NOT the safety cage. Considering the skills at MB, this car is a scandal - they certainly know how to do things right, but didn't in this case.

@matthisalbert Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you took this into account: the crash occurred at 63 km/h here and euroncap only tests crashed up to 50 km/h

@roadwarrior144 Жыл бұрын

Point well made. In my mind I was drawing a parallel between this video and that dramatic commercial about an Australian family getting into a head-on offset crash in their W126. In the commercial one could see significant deformation between the driver’s side “A” pillar and the roof line due to the severe impact. And I do not believe anyone could say the W126 construction was flimsy. Granted this was a real-world example and the crash occurred well above the 40 or 60 Km/H that tests are done, but despite the forces at impact and despite the deformation all occupants survived. Again, Im a lowly grease-monkey by trade and not even remotely an engineer. I was just working through my logic in my head based on the video footage. Merely my 2 cents.

@derbigpr500 Жыл бұрын

Funnily the previous generation E class did better.

@michaelschneider- Жыл бұрын

+1 .. The 1985 thru 1995/6 W124 series is/was bullet proof....

@anthonynicholich9654 Жыл бұрын

Yes they did. This is the 1st body style where Mercedes started cutting corners. I think W140 was the safest. And W116 and the older ones were solid.

@anthonynicholich9654 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the W123.

@khrhee5 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonynicholich9654 safety regulations evolve each year and saying w140 is safer than w220 is nonsense.

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

bullshit

@Medal6 Жыл бұрын

I had an accident with my previous 2001 W210 and a guy hit my right front passenger at 30kmh and the whole front end was bent along with a broken front wheel. Couldn’t believe my eyes on how much of a tin can it really was.

@SSGBD_Official Жыл бұрын

Really? My 98 was just fine after rear ending a fird escort at 56km/h on a highway either way that could be posible cuz Yea cuz in the year 2000 all cars had to have a stronger a pillar the car was first made in 95 so it had a uh rather weak a pillar so did the facelift since it wasnt a complete redesign just how the name suggests Its a facelift not a redesign

@SSGBD_Official Жыл бұрын

Oh! Reminds me it might have been because you had a bigger engine? Mine was the 2L so that might be why

@GEOLOGYandSOILSCIENCE 8 ай бұрын

NO ITS NOT A TIM CAN YOU IDIOT AT LEAST YOU SURVIVED MOST CARS OF THE 90S WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY FALL APART. THE SHOCK ABSORBERS AND CRUMPLE ZONES IN THE W210 WERE MADE TO DEFLECT THE ENERGY FTOM PASSENGER CABIN AN INVENTION CREATED BY MERCEDES ALONG WITH AIRBAGS BECAUSE MOST CARS OF THE 90S DIDN'T EVEN HAVE DRIVERS AIRBAG

@burstingbass961 Жыл бұрын

To everyone who's complaining about the build quality: they were constructed under other requirements. They changed the proceedings for the crashtest, aswell they changed the requirements for the safety for pedestrians and other things. For example: there is a reason why the w208 had a b-pillar instead of a powerwindow... Maybe they testet on higher speeds too.

@runepedersenDK Жыл бұрын

Same as the Saab 900 from the same year - severe collapse of the safety cage.

@titan9259 4 ай бұрын

Saab 900 had poor structure and was a lot worse

@omostim2385 Жыл бұрын

Dang. I drove a W210 E320 for 12 years, most of my adult life. Glad I never crashed it😅 Compared to the W124 these felt softer in every way including structure. I still like them and would have me an old E55 anyday

@dzonikg Жыл бұрын

There is also a luck involved a lot..my first car was 80s Yugo which off safety had nothing ,i was young and drinked a lot when going out in weekends..and i crashed it like at similar speed to this in to wall ..there was nothing left off front part off car but i did not even have a scratch ..i went out try window and laughed

@omostim2385 Жыл бұрын

@@dzonikg 😮You are definitely lucky to be alive. You survived a Yugo! When I was a little kid I heard adults talk about Yugos like they were a joke. Like the story about some lady who’s friend was a greyhound bus driver. She was following her friend’s bus in the Yugo for some reason and the car couldn’t keep up and eventually the engine failed. I’d never seen a Yugo at that time but I knew it’s reputation.

@dingdong2103 Жыл бұрын

But it was a sweet car to drive. The hum of the M104 engine beats even my current M103 S500L 4-matic let alone the crappy 2020 Audi A4 40TDI I got from work.

@dzonikg Жыл бұрын

@@omostim2385 It was my first car..i drove it 5 years until i crash it ..it was different times then..i would drink and drive like every single weekend ,it was kind off normal to go out ,get drunk ,sit in a car and go home...now you would go to jail..i know i am lucky i am live

@omostim2385 Жыл бұрын

@@dingdong2103 Oh I remember the sweet sound. My parents had a 300E and later I got a 300CE. I miss that feeling. What year is your S500? I have a 03 S430. I’ve gotta say although the 2000s generation of M112/113 engines seem like a downgrade cost cutting family of engines. These engines have proved super reliable

@lot6129 Жыл бұрын

THE DOOR OPENED

@no1DdC Жыл бұрын

I noticed this as well. Even in the 1950s, when Mercedes was conducting their fist crash tests, they were already stressing the importance of the doors remaining closed and the passenger compartment remaining intact and undeformed. They were very slow to adapt to changing crash test standards in the 1990s, unfortunately, with several of their models failing. Not that they were the only ones. Even Saab and Volvo were having similar issues.

@gregorythomas4470 Жыл бұрын

Well even if he survived he undoubtedly lost ALL OF his groceries.

@maddoxboyd6584 Жыл бұрын

bruh

@kalinandonov2799 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Happy new year, man!

@gordonmccracken1209 Жыл бұрын

VOLVO had already engineered for this type of crash with the introduction of the 850 in 1992-93. The 850 had structural members for better crash compatibility with higher riding SUVs/Trucks and later introduced side impact airbags ahead of competitors.

@bizmyurt8582 Жыл бұрын

850 would have collapsed at that speed. This tests are Mercedes invention from the 60s. A 4 cylinder would have managed even better.

@gordonmccracken1209 Жыл бұрын

@@bizmyurt8582 Volvo 850 received a GOOD Rating in the same test at the same speed - this is a standard IIHS test. The E-Class only received an ACCEPTABLE rating. The IIHS website still has the test results for both models for the late 1990s. Also Volvo always pointed out the dirty secret that German manufactures would shoe horn larger engines for higher performance models with out addressing the safety aspect knowing that usually base models are tested. Volvo put in serious changes to manufacture engines variants that performed well in crash test They made a narrower version of their inline 5 cylinder for smaller models (S40, V50, C30, late C70) knowing that ever millimeter was crucial to improving crash performance

@derbigpr500 Жыл бұрын

So did Mercedes in the W124 in the 80's, which performed better. This generation of the E class was trash.

@michaelschneider- Жыл бұрын

@@gordonmccracken1209 +1.. So true.. The Mercedes model series before the as tested W210 V8 engine here, was the W124 series. The W124 series had all new 4, 5 and 6 inline-straight cylinder narrow width engines and resultant closer-to-center frame rails ... Frame rail location is King in an offset frontal crash / test. .. The W210 series isn't Mercedes AGs best effort ...

@jamie7664 Жыл бұрын

@@gordonmccracken1209 Interesting. Didn’t occur to me that different engines would impact crash tests.

@thetruth7633 Жыл бұрын

Remember back in 1999 I started working the cab next to my studies, drove the W124 and we some of these junkers too, all drivers preferred the old ones even with non turbo engine and slower.

@soberek Жыл бұрын

You can clearly see what happened to Mercedes as a company after W124. Corporate slime accountants came and brought Mercedes down from the most prestigious brand in the world to one of the most overpriced and client disappointing brand in just one generation of cars. The old W124 performed so much better, guess why.

@djm_852 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 👍

@anthonynicholich9654 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the W123 and the 116 and 126.

@borghorsa1902 Жыл бұрын

I don't think that Mercedes got worse, it got much better. All corporations have to worry about profit.

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

No it didn't

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

@@djm_852 no

@tomwebb3081 Жыл бұрын

Wish the videos put out now had the photos included - really interesting to see the failure points etc.

@Mick.D. Жыл бұрын

Die stosßenergie hat sich bis zum Kofferraum durchgezogen.

@Visionery1 Жыл бұрын

To think there are people who fix these cars - they look nice, but I wouldn't want to be in an accident with them.

@mohamedbhamjee1856 Жыл бұрын

Drove many off these w210 pre facelift and facelift always felt safe in Benz this test 😮

@matsujarvinen Жыл бұрын

W210 is considered by many,as one of the best made Mercedes cars.Don´t know about their safety,and I´m well aware of the rust problems of that era,,but in all,it´s a great car.I owned a W124,but it didn´t impress me as much.So sick and tired of hearing over and over again this "accountants came and brought Mercedes down"nonsense.The millenium MBs like W210,W220 or W202/W203 were great cars.I´ve owned many Mercedes cars starting with W123,and they were all great.The best build quality was in W210 and W220 if you judge by reliability.

@user-no9oi4uw2m Жыл бұрын

Лучший того и сегодняшнего времени.

@MzeeWeeed Жыл бұрын

I think that’s one of the reasons why they made the a pillar stronger in the facelift w210

@enedenedubedene4811 Жыл бұрын

Ein absolutes Armutszeugnis für Mercedes.😱😱😱😱😱😱 Viele Grüße aus Germany

@halvaraspegren7635 Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with this, not many cars from that era could handle a corner impact in high speed. Actually many modern cars dont either. The w210 was a safe car. One of the absolute top cars from the mid/late 1990s when it comes to safety.

@dingdong2103 Жыл бұрын

My first MB was a 1996 E320 petrol and I absolutely loved the car.

@tomaszklepac4784 Жыл бұрын

Check Volvo crash test. The same age (1990-2000) ist better like this Mercedes ☝️

@gavcom4060 Жыл бұрын

“Actually many modern cars don’t either?” That’s just pure ignorance. Most, if not, all cars sold new nowadays pass with flying colors when it comes to corner impacts (small overlap crash test) whenever the IIHS tests them

@bdm601 Жыл бұрын

BMW E39 was mach better and stronger.

@Danila_the_Master88 Жыл бұрын

@chris jones тем не менее, количество приизведённых Е39 и W210 практически одинаково.

@daigosaito888 Жыл бұрын

I have a picture of an E-class from this era, who took a local speedbump too fast and the frontwheel went completely backwards and tilted almost horizontally.

@daigosaito888 Жыл бұрын

License plate(Netherlands) TG-NL-53 Was stolen, then scrapped in the year 2017 it says online. But i took the picture near my house in 2019 🤔I saw it abandoned and crouched to the side. So sad. E240 elegance. Was paintrolled completely black too. Some fishy thing went on with that car

@encinobalboa Жыл бұрын

Spring perch is not ideal for urban roads.

@SSGBD_Official Жыл бұрын

Yea but that might be due to rust/bad maintance like the w210 was weak but not made of fucking cardboard

@StopTeoriomSpiskowym Жыл бұрын

a door window is open. did dummy crash his head in glass? all these tests with side window in door.

@encinobalboa Жыл бұрын

A-pillar weakness was a problem in early cars. It was re-designed. Not sure when cut off date is. This one did not do well maintaining cabin integrity.

@epiccarguy892 Жыл бұрын

not bad for an Era with no strict standards

@user-dg8il1lg5h Жыл бұрын

Which Era? And what is "not bad"? EuroNCAP was founded in 1996. This crash-test shows, W210 has NO safety on board. At all.

@GEOLOGYandSOILSCIENCE 8 ай бұрын

Mercedes benz performed better better than 90% of cars of that era in 1990s in crash testing

@MaxHuth Жыл бұрын

They fixed this with facelift model

@Elaba_ Жыл бұрын

Rust kicked in yo.

@anthonynicholich9654 Жыл бұрын

Car was brand new at the time in 1997 dumb ass.

@AdamAus85 Жыл бұрын

How'd the e39 go in the same test?

@TheCrankshaftRotator Жыл бұрын

Better - watch the video on KZfaq. Also the Audi A6

@juanignaciocaino Жыл бұрын

Way, WAY better. If you drive e39s like I do, rest assured.

@razvanvaleriuradu9234 Жыл бұрын

I need those wheels tho 🤣🤣

@booboo3633 Жыл бұрын

Looks pretty safe.

@dorianpalinic5703 Жыл бұрын

It somehow did better in the same test but tested by euro ncap

@mattiasjohansson1727 Жыл бұрын

That test was done with a later model. When the W210 was re-tested by IIHS a couple of years later it did excellent. So they must have improved it somehow.

@ravenheart369 Жыл бұрын

Usually IIHS is more strict than E-NCAP

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

@@mattiasjohansson1727 It was only a year later

@mattiasjohansson1727 Жыл бұрын

IIRC, the later W210 test by IIHS was also with a V8, so I rather believe that they did some improvements after this mediocre test results (that looks worse than it is, though, if you read the report on the test by IIHS).

@dorianpalinic5703 Жыл бұрын

@@mattiasjohansson1727 always when i see a pillar buckling i think its a certain death 🤣

@GlossaME Жыл бұрын

It's safer to drive a cheap new car, than an old top of the line Merc. Facts

@kappa2356 Жыл бұрын

but at the time it was the best,and i would prefer drive car like this than a newer renault, A class or opel...

@GlossaME Жыл бұрын

@@kappa2356 So you like living in the past. And paying half of your salary at the fuel ⛽. Fine by me 😉

@kappa2356 Жыл бұрын

@@GlossaME not yet,because i dont have these cars... but i prefer these than a newer cheap car you compare because they are real car.i dont mention that i prefer these than a new mercedes E class and the fuel economy are not chaged much

@SuperMrBentley Жыл бұрын

But stupid people keep saying that past cars are better than new ones haha

@kappa2356 Жыл бұрын

@@SuperMrBentley I dint say that,think that you need to grow up and finish the school,if you gona be a real mechainc and talk(and not a supra kid that play on his ps5)you gona now the fact.this video come a year a go,but you at the time you are even borned (and your family is happy about that) this video was different and was one of the best car at the time. in fact i never see a mercy look that bad in a crash even in a high speed,but a lot more bad in a newer and lover speed car crash. i didn't say that is the best car and old is god...but i prefer than a newer renault that ur are driving and comparing..boring cars and kid plastic material

@mattrix2007 Жыл бұрын

At least the left head light is still alright.

@shahab_shawn_siahpoosh Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile me driving in my rusted 1991 Miata zigzagging through the traffic. Why am I still alive?

@daigosaito888 Жыл бұрын

Couple months ago i went 360degrees driving my 1994 MX5 while a sharp turn at around 90kmh(55mph) grazed the barrier two times, avoided the person in the right lane, then after almost coming to a halt, i dumped the clutch so engine turned on and went on my way. When i got off the highway, i got out to check the damage. 🫣 Luckily shaved front and back bumpers, slightly dislocated hood, slightly warped front quarter panel and a busted taillight. But luckily no airbag went off, because Miata airbags are MEAN and will hurt. Theyre fantastic quality cars. I dont want to know what would happen if i hit the barriers hard. Because japanese metal is thin. Still, very happy my Miata is still alive.

@BrokenAdam2024 9 ай бұрын

Why is the driver's door open in the W210 Mercedes? If compared to the Euro NCAP test conducted in 1998, the driver's door and trunk lid remained closed during the crash.

@titan9259 Ай бұрын

Possible structural issues

@ruzzelladrian907 Жыл бұрын

It’s giving Brilliance BS6. 💀

@darrylsommers849 Жыл бұрын

That's a very poor performance.

@SSGBD_Official Жыл бұрын

Yea cuz in the year 2000 all cars had to have a stronger a pillar the car was first made in 95 so it had a uh rather weak a pillar

@gregorythomas4470 Жыл бұрын

Duh! We saw that coming the minute we noticed they were using a Black crash test dummy. 🤨

@franzniedermeier8424 Жыл бұрын

Das Ergebnis ist nicht berauschend, selbst beim Stand der Technik von 1997. Wieviele NCAP-Sterne würde es dafür heute geben ? Wohl maximal 2.

@ELPROFERAPOLDSCHOOL Жыл бұрын

Me pueden vender el sistema de escape de gases? Todavía sirve 😅👍🇲🇽🇲🇽

@TijuanaKing 28 күн бұрын

Todo buen mexicano pidiendo precio de partes, a huevo, jajajaja

@JSAFIXIT Жыл бұрын

From 2000 up they performed MUCH MUCH better.

@wojciechszmyt9214 Жыл бұрын

Witam..a przy jakiej prędkośći był test???

@rikoscorp Жыл бұрын

62km/h

@harisdevedzic3167 Жыл бұрын

Yea I remeber that, it was a scandal which coused Mercedes to redisignh and improve the structure of the car for first refresh of this iconic car

@jmin8400 Жыл бұрын

Yes and no. It was restructured in 1998 for the 1999 MY, then facelifted for 2000, in July 1999. The safety cage fixes were implemented ASAP.

@IcelanderUSer Жыл бұрын

If this accident happened at just a few miles per hour faster I don’t think the dummy would have done as well. Seems like 45 or more might be deadly in this car.

@carstenweiland7896 Жыл бұрын

Was engineered for the previous crash norm!

@eamonnheffernan6061 Жыл бұрын

W210 era cars were a real low point for the brand. Thankfully they improved with each subsequent generation and refresh after that

@eamonnheffernan6061 Жыл бұрын

Crumple in the engineered crumple zone, not in the passenger area where the person also gets injured. If it wasn’t your lowest point in recent history, then what/ when was?

@gregorythomas4470 Жыл бұрын

Uh, I knew it was going to be a tangled mess the minute I saw they were using a Black crash test dummy 🤨. Where they do that at???

@user-co6js9we6o Жыл бұрын

Не ожидал от мерседеса.

@alexr9341 Жыл бұрын

Да, пластилиновый мерин

@MrRostik81 Жыл бұрын

тест дерьмово как то прошёл, если учесть что перекрыто при ударе полмашины, а если будет покасательный удар как обычно при встречке, это звиздец будет, всю бочину снесёт

@maksfrolow9224 Жыл бұрын

Снести может и весь перед как было с Ксюшей Собчак только она вышла и ушла ,если деформация переда то она принимает удар на себя и гасит а вот Киа была меньше повреждения итог удар жоще и водитель погиб

@bullsfan6965 Жыл бұрын

This was the worst generation of mercedes benz. In 2005 they started get back on the right track but the late 90s and early 2000s were bad times for mercedes. Some engines were unreliable. Every car rusted. Quality was kinda bad overall

@jakubhladil5340 Жыл бұрын

Papercedes. I have one

@anthonynicholich9654 Жыл бұрын

No Honda is stupid.

@panam3ra Жыл бұрын

Shock was well absorbed, cage is almost intact! Great car and good safety level

@travelwithdiecasttwd5327 Жыл бұрын

And people says Matiz was unsafe… at that time it scored 3 star which was good at that time comparing with all other competitors …body shell was stable than this Mercedes…people just think small car is unsafe

@littlejoey6341 Жыл бұрын

I bought a 97 e420 sport owned it for 5 years it was a beautiful sedan always got a compliment every where I took it the drive was like no other and till this day I drive a benz nothing like these cars

@michaelschneider- Жыл бұрын

This a-whole-lotta deformation in the drivers door structure area.. Wider front frame rails fitting the E-420s V8 engine are asleep at the wheel ... Our MY94 E-320 coupe C124 out performs this W210 series by a looong shot. .. Ooops this is a V8 engine model...

@jamie7664 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I always assumed my 124 with M103 was somehow less safe due to the cavernous amount of empty space in the engine compartment.

@no1DdC Жыл бұрын

@@jamie7664 Engines are actually a hazard in a crash, not a benefit. It's a big hunk of non-deforming metal, the movement of which needs to be carefully controlled, since it poses a significant danger to the occupants. Most cars have some sort of mechanism that slides it downwards in case of an accident, to get it out of the way.

@Wised1000 Жыл бұрын

This is the beginning of the offset crash test. Almost all cars did poorly since they were designed for the full frontal test. Mercedes said at the time that the offset test did not represent real world crashes, which was obvious BS. They quickly shutup and redesigned their vehicles to ace the test. This test is not done anymore moving on the small offset test. Again, since cars were not designed for that test, they again failed in droves. The IIHS is a moving target which is the best way to improve safety. Todays aces become losers a few model years in the future. This has led to the safest cars ever made by a big margin.

@no1DdC Жыл бұрын

This test is still being performed exactly like this, by both the IIHS and tons of other organizations around the globe. It's a worldwide standard now, ratified by the UN. Newer tests like the small overlap test are being conducted in addition to the 40% overlap test, not instead of it.

@Wised1000 Жыл бұрын

@@no1DdC Its not known as the offset crash anymore. It was modified and now known as the moderate overlap test. Again, not the same test as then and its even tougher now.

@no1DdC Жыл бұрын

@@Wised1000 What did they change about it? Overlap and speed are the same.

@mattiasjohansson1727 Жыл бұрын

Mercedes never said that offset crashes weren't relevant, in fact they were doing them by themselves already in the 70s, long before anyone else.

@Wised1000 Жыл бұрын

@Mattias Johansson When this calamity occurred, their first official response was exactly that. That their off center test showed that the cars were great and more predictable of real-world crashes. Then the video got big air time in national news. They quickly shut up and modified their test and their car architecture to conform to the IIHS. They have been passing it with flying colors since then. BTW I'm not bashing Mercedes, I've owned six and currently own 2. Their initial response was simply tone deaf. At that time, few cars passed the test. The E class was one of the safest cars at that time.

@gary1705 Жыл бұрын

very disappointing 😒

@alexanderandreev7151 Жыл бұрын

Мда, грустные известия для Армении.

@Hamad_Al_Omoush Жыл бұрын

مرسيدس رقم ١ في العالم

@DOMYBESTLIN Жыл бұрын

compare 1997 W210 to 2022 toyota altis

@125haz Жыл бұрын

Безопасность уровня гранты.

@user-kx5sp7lb6w Жыл бұрын

Этот мерс полюбому лудче

@125haz Жыл бұрын

@@user-kx5sp7lb6w ох достижение мерса еще и е класса, что он лучше гранты, которая построена на 8мерочной базе 80-х годов😂

@user-kx5sp7lb6w Жыл бұрын

Гранта ведро с болтами

@EM-cf6tw Жыл бұрын

Чем лучше?210 мерс слабенький,металл говно,сварка говно.

@user-kx5sp7lb6w Жыл бұрын

@@EM-cf6tw я владею его почти 6лет и она очень хороши машина матор надёжный и салон не маленький кайфую с каждом езды и хороши комфорт

@Martin-go1gx Жыл бұрын

I’m really shocked that it performed so bad,,,, I expect better,, even from a 97 E class

@GEOLOGYandSOILSCIENCE 8 ай бұрын

Oh please 99% OF cars of that Era failed crash test miserably even worst than the w210 in fact it was mercedes benz that invented 90% of the safety features we see in cats today

@wilsixone Жыл бұрын

I say it's not repairable. Others may think differently, but I just can't see this car ever being able to drive straight down the road 🤔

@becomematrix Жыл бұрын

I thought about buying this model. Im skipping it.

@williamdestructordoto4378 Жыл бұрын

there is big difference between 95-97 and 98-02

@becomematrix Жыл бұрын

@@williamdestructordoto4378 yes the facelift model was better but not as good still.

@williamdestructordoto4378 Жыл бұрын

@@becomematrix not as good as what ? W124 ? ofc because around 95 and 2000 yr comes new regulations unfortunately

@becomematrix Жыл бұрын

@@williamdestructordoto4378 the newer models

@SuperMrBentley Жыл бұрын

Jezus drives only Volvo

@pudingaomar6341 Жыл бұрын

The a pillar bent.surely rubbish protection for front passenger

@doca8792 Жыл бұрын

That’s one busted up driver. I’m disappointed, as I’d been eying the market for an e55.

@ralfrufus6573 Жыл бұрын

When Mercedes was more like a Chrysler.

@lehrscherbote Жыл бұрын

I don't understand what your problem is. The body absorbed the impact, the energy was absorbed by the bonnet, and that's exactly the goal in today's cars. If the body survives the impact, the driver will not. Maybe think a bit and then write.

@parttimelaowai1771 Жыл бұрын

I blame Mr Newton.

@Oregon696969 Жыл бұрын

No Bueno. Proceed to W211.

@michaelschneider- Жыл бұрын

@Great Basin ... +1. So true, the W210 isn't MB best work, far from it. .. Our MY94 E-320 C124 Coupe is one of the last of the bullet proof MB's

@seniorbenz Жыл бұрын

@@michaelschneider- the 211 series is way cheaper model in every aspect than the w210.

@user-dd8bl2sb1e Жыл бұрын

ملك الامان ولقوه

@gragdaninmira5359 Жыл бұрын

Он слабее 124го даже заднее крыло сложилось

@tutunmayan Жыл бұрын

Would get only One star if evaluated today

@titan9259 4 ай бұрын

Especially due to newer tests

@unusuariodegoogle9003 Жыл бұрын

La coches antiguos eran más seguros que lo de ahora porque su chapa era más dura... Todavía hay cuñados que piensan así.... 🙈🙈🙈

@tetchuma Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: All Dodge Chargers/Challengers and all Chrysler 300’s are STILL being built on this 26yo platform… Every single one of them has been built in Canada. You’re American Dodge Challenger Hellcat? 100% Canadian. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@doca8792 Жыл бұрын

Love your comment.

@jmin8400 Жыл бұрын

That's uninformed and regurgitated ignorant hearsay from 20 years ago. The LX, LD, and LA architectures have ZERO connection to this vehicle. They once shared suspension and drivetrain components with the 2003 W220 S-Class and 2003 W211. I am tired of the ignorant passing around of this fable, as a Detroit engineer that has worked across both sides of the Atlantic in automotive product planning and development. FCA engineered out the DaimlerChrysler components with the 2015 MY, so as to eliminate licensing fees to Daimler AG. They have little to no components from Benz since 2014.

@jmin8400 Жыл бұрын

@@doca8792 Shows how much you know, considering that isn't even factual. It's a lie. There's no Benz connection in any of them today nor was there ever any connection to the W210 platform.

@tetchuma Жыл бұрын

@@jmin8400 There is, in fact, a direct connection to the MB W211 AND the W220 with the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger. The W211 was just an updated W210. (I’m sure they share many, many components.) Why don’t you google the factory in Brampton, Ontario, and ask about their cross-platform, shared parts items list? It’s online.

@mattt198654321 Жыл бұрын

My dad owned one of these, the only reason that it made it to 20 years/200,000 miles was because he put as much into repairing the car as the original purchase price. True piece of German scheiß.

@bigblockjalopy Жыл бұрын

As a German I agree

@simonm1447 Жыл бұрын

The car was mechanically still not that bad (engines/transmissions), but the rust was terrible. The predecessor was far better in quality however. The successor models of the 210 had inferior engines and transmissions, and electronic problems

@rainbowwarrior2635 Жыл бұрын

Hmm, this is why I own a Mercedes. Note the way the doors break open in an accident so you can immediately get out of the car. The worst thing that can happen in a accident is the doors get jammed shut and you're caught in the car. Also note the way the seat moved in the accident.

@rainbowwarrior2635 Жыл бұрын

@Mercedes Germany Official Oh yes the doors breaking open is a safety future. In my W211 there been two instances of me jumping going 90mph and and when the car landed and the doors re locked. The car knows in the event of a hard impact to unlock the doors so you can escape the car after the accident. It's a safety future that goes back to the volkswagen bug. One of the worst things that can happen in a accident is the doors get jammed shut, Then you're stuck in the car while seriously injured, what if the car catches on fire and you can't get out. Porsche was the first to design an emergency door opening mechanism of the vw bug in 1938, the front of the car is shaped like a wedge and if the fenders are hit it cause the running board to push up the door out of the lock and the front frame indents and pushes the door open.

@user-gw7ee1lw4p Жыл бұрын

Что-то помялся не как Мерс (((

@bruceweyn1156 Жыл бұрын

▪️◾◼️🔳🔲🌌🌀🧞💭it suddenly reminded me of the Diana pillar, if there had been a person in the car, he would have survived, and we're talking about a middle-class Mercedes, so the crew, the crew in the back, if they had been wearing seat belts, they would be here today💭🌀🌌🔲🔳◼️◾▪️🛴🦍

@parttimelaowai1771 Жыл бұрын

🌀🌌🔲? 🔳◼◾! ▪🛴🦍...

@simonm1447 Жыл бұрын

The bodyguard in the S Class was in the rear seat, he used the seat belt and he survived. The others didn't use a seat belt unfortunately

@mutiur7396 Жыл бұрын

But how it's brake failed?

@user-gf5wi4jk4m Жыл бұрын

Н-да, наш Москвич 2141 после подобного краштеста выглядел живее, после удара салон почти не пострадал (по крайней мере все двери остались на месте, а три из них даже открылись, а правые даже ещё и закрывались) , правда мотор у Москвича несколько меньше. Прошу заметить у автомобиля 75 года разработки 86 года выпуска.

@user-pj5hz2jn3d Жыл бұрын

Ну да, рассказывай

@nadirgrosariu3012 Жыл бұрын

1:02 jumpscare

@ozibizi2125 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍2022

@victorgrasscourt3382 Жыл бұрын

Good advertisement why you should change your car every five years for a new one

@Hwang_It Жыл бұрын

wow

@paullacey2999 Жыл бұрын

Plus they were rustbuckets with crap quality steel.....

@no1DdC Жыл бұрын

The steel was fine, the paint was a problem. They used a new water-based paint (more environmentally friendly), which attracted a certain fungus, which in turn trapped moisture, causing rust.

@etreintero9012 Жыл бұрын

Menuda caja muertos

@GinToni_ Жыл бұрын

Very Bad result.. 1 ⭐ Car

@anthonynicholich9654 Жыл бұрын

Old W123 would have done better. Ultimate safe Mercedes W140. I never liked this 1996 and on e body style.

@gathel8574 Жыл бұрын

Because that brilliant Bruno Sacco. Without him mercedes not famous like today

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

no it wouldn't

@emartu7990 Жыл бұрын

W124 could do it better

@michaelschneider- Жыл бұрын

@Emartu ... +1 Waaay better. The W124 series rules.. "The Best or Nothing" ....

@sumon9031 Жыл бұрын

w124 is way better than w211 not to mention the early -rusty 210. E class only regains its reputation via 212.

@andresgasca.834 Жыл бұрын

El habitáculo (techo, puerta del conductor) se ve muy afectado en este modelo de 1995. Las pruebas de choque en el modelo anterior W124 del año 1984 son mucho mejores, con el habitáculo totalmente indemne. 🇪🇸🇪🇺🇪🇸

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

yeah, no

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

@@michaelschneider- bullshit 124 is not any safer. Better built maybe, but safer no

@marceloferreiradacunha1769 Жыл бұрын

😭

@Itsme-ie6bp Жыл бұрын

Mercedes startet to rust before it left the factory

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

late 124s did so too

@maxmoritz5065 Жыл бұрын

That was due to bakteria in the metal coating wuch explains why some of them rusted more and some less

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

@@maxmoritz5065 no, it was because of the switch to water based paint

@maxmoritz5065 Жыл бұрын

@@Random-nf7qb Thats one theory but wrong because under the paint you have the ktl coating. You can read that up

@lehrscherbote Жыл бұрын

Youre both right, it was the first water based paint and thats why the bacteria had a nice Environment to grow

@rahulvinalnarayan9743 Жыл бұрын

Poor Princess Diana. If she were riding in a Lexus then maybe she have lived to tell her story. But then again it’s probably not the car but the royal family that killed her

@gathel8574 Жыл бұрын

Princess Diana use S class. Not this

@perryelyod4870 Жыл бұрын

I doubt that. They weren't wearing seat belts, the car had been in a previous major collision and written off, and was vandalized for parts a year earlier including steering components. It should have been crushed, or parted out for parts but was rebuilt by an unconsciencable mechanic, and sold to a car service.

@OrnumCR Жыл бұрын

That car was a larger W140 series, this was the smaller W210 chassis…S Class vs E class…

@rahulvinalnarayan9743 Жыл бұрын

@@OrnumCR yes I know but it was still a Benz. Plus the W140 had better safety features and was more well built then the E240. Despite this we all know how it ended

@Random-nf7qb Жыл бұрын

@@OrnumCR W only applies to sedans, the chassis is 140 and 210 series

@halvaraspegren7635 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9unesVyurPDZZc.html As you can see the volvo wasnt any better.