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.
Press talk on the occasion of the one-millionth Mercedes-Benz passenger car fitted with an airbag on July 31st 1992.
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Mercedes-Benz passenger car with airbag
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.
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Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Crashtest
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.
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Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Crashtest
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.
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Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Crashtest
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.
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Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Crashtest
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