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One-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger car fitted with an airbag

Date:
31 July 1992
Description:
The one-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger car fitted with an airbag comes off the assembly line at the Sindelfingen plant.

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Press talk on the occasion of the one-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger car fitted with an airbag on July 31st 1992.

Crash test of a 500 SEL (S-Class of the model series 126) at the Mercedes-Benz accident test facility in Sindelfingen on the occasion of the delivery of the one-millionth Mercedes-Benz vehicle with airbag in July 1992. The vehicle, which was manufactured in 1981 and later bought back from a customer, was one of the first ten vehicles to be equipped with airbag and belt tensioner. The crash test demonstrated that, even after 11 years, the airbag still functioned perfectly.

Crash test of a 500 SEL (S-Class of the model series 126) at the Mercedes-Benz accident test facility in Sindelfingen on the occasion of the delivery of the one-millionth Mercedes-Benz vehicle with airbag in July 1992. The vehicle, which was manufactured in 1981 and later bought back from a customer, was one of the first ten vehicles to be equipped with airbag and belt tensioner. The crash test demonstrated that, even after 11 years, the airbag still functioned perfectly.

Crash test of a 500 SEL (S-Class of the model series 126) at the Mercedes-Benz accident test facility in Sindelfingen on the occasion of the delivery of the one-millionth Mercedes-Benz vehicle with airbag in July 1992. The vehicle, which was manufactured in 1981 and later bought back from a customer, was one of the first ten vehicles to be equipped with airbag and belt tensioner. The crash test demonstrated that, even after 11 years, the airbag still functioned perfectly.

Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL
Crash test (S-Class of the model series 126) at the Mercedes-Benz accident test facility in Sindelfingen on the occasion of the delivery of the one-millionth Mercedes-Benz vehicle with airbag in July 1992. The vehicle, which was manufactured in 1981 and later bought back from a customer, was one of the first ten vehicles to be equipped with airbag and belt tensioner. The crash test demonstrated that, even after 11 years, the airbag still functioned perfectly.