It seems like back then car mfrs and consumers didn’t care much about safety besides Mercedes and Volvo. After my mom got into a car accident in her Camry she insisted we get a Volvo and Mercedes.
@@daviddavidsonn3578 That's like saying a homeless man "buy a house"... Plus: Pretty sure he wouldn't learn german just to watch a single vid. (and yes i replied two years late)
They were testing the design of the ribbed rear lamps also to show how they could still be seen with mud and backspray on them, led to the 2nd Gen ribbed rear lamps
It held up damn well considering the speed. And it wasn't a standard S class - it was bullet proof, and these cars are damn heavy, around 7000 to 8000 pounds or 3-4 tons. Additional energy that has to be absorbed. Anyway, Diana would be alive today if she was wearing her seat belt.
Most 90s cars would have been completely toast after an accident like that, the passengers too. The W140 was maybe the safest vehicle available back then.
That was the era that companies still inovated and came with their own solutions and didnt only copy one another...
TheMpamMpam sometimes copying is only solution
@Ross Bourne very true but regardless the reason, innovation and originality suffers because of it
Lol the car industry has been copying each other since it's inception. Get off your pedestal.
3:37 ok that's nice when you hit a pedestrian the headlamps can clean themselves.
It’s the small things that add up
Mercedes until 2000 was the most reliable car in the world .
i have 2001 c 180c classic cpu faulty they dont make reliability cars bmw audi vw merc all same rubbish overpriced and dont last
@Joe Digges Prior to 1995-ish Mercedes was RENOWNED for their reliability and build quality. Everyone knows this.
@@zoranstarcevic7529 or just dont be broke and but a newer or better mercedes
@@marajesty311 still reliability issues with newer cars
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Airbags in the back in 1970? Damn good job mercedes
airbags in the 70s ?? wow good job mercedes
Two Chevy model cars had them in the late 1970s. I think it was like 500 cars only and it was between the Impala and the Caprice
very well built decent cars 👏👏👏
4:23 translation: "Schmutz-free heck lights"
I love world in old
First view and first like, I love cars so I like your channel very much
The safest Brands Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
Can’t forget tesla
Can't forget Changan
shut up still volvo and merc is the best
@@Infamousdee240 good joke 🤣
It seems like back then car mfrs and consumers didn’t care much about safety besides Mercedes and Volvo. After my mom got into a car accident in her Camry she insisted we get a Volvo and Mercedes.
German sounds like they are reading you your conviction seconds before your death sentence.
perfect.
Americans sound like they’ve inhaled the McDonalds value menu
Needs subtitles. Doesn't have to be English; German subtitles would be fine.
May 20, 2019 3:55 am
learn German.
Hello
@@daviddavidsonn3578
That's like saying a homeless man "buy a house"...
Plus: Pretty sure he wouldn't learn german just to watch a single vid.
(and yes i replied two years late)
@@daviddavidsonn3578 Get a job.
That was the best cars ever
Totally agree with you , going to get one soon
Great job bro
I have this car in garage she good
I drive it for two years and i stoped love this car
Wonder why early on the test "stroke 8" is using W116 rear-lights?
They were testing the design of the ribbed rear lamps also to show how they could still be seen with mud and backspray on them, led to the 2nd Gen ribbed rear lamps
@@bencosgrave3902 Should know about ribbed lights. Once owned a later "Stroke 8".
Here's a translation from the 5 second mark: We're Germans, we do crash tests with the driver in the car...
Looking at the Reck of princess Diana ,Dodi fayed .....that Benz was Shocking .
It held up damn well considering the speed. And it wasn't a standard S class - it was bullet proof, and these cars are damn heavy, around 7000 to 8000 pounds or 3-4 tons. Additional energy that has to be absorbed. Anyway, Diana would be alive today if she was wearing her seat belt.
Most 90s cars would have been completely toast after an accident like that, the passengers too. The W140 was maybe the safest vehicle available back then.
The one wearing a seat belt survived the crash!
@@Beethoven80 Exactly, which probably would not have been the case in most cars back then.
@@Beethoven80 yeah ..
Some of the tests were done in brazil- the really dark skinned driver pointed this out
(Lol) to me
I was like WHAAAAA DEE FOOK GOOINK ON HERMANN??
LIKE FROM BRAZIL!!!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
And how did ford or gm test their crapy cars in 70’s ???
there are tests of GMs
Ford tested their cars in real life! (Pinto) lol
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Ja, das ist gud.
Thats why volvo isn't safe, volvo is to stif and kill the other car . Total wrong to call volvo safe
That's why everyone should buy a Volvo!
What!!! Theres a back passangr airbag theres no back airbag now
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Elle est la meilleur voiture
I drive w114❤️
@@ChrisPatrick-q6k If we judge this way, then by today’s standards, many old cars before the mid-2000s will not be able to meet safety standards
Soft tin
Like dog
BMW
No
Mersedes
@@danijus9892 yes
@@danijus9892 BMW
@Kasperi Kankare its better than mercedes