norb

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Stuttgart, Germany, Dec 08, 2008

The respected Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the United States has named the Mercedes-Benz C-Class one of its Top Safety Picks for 2008 – the best reason to buy in terms of safety. The C-Class achieved good ratings in all the safety criteria which were examined.

Each year, the experts at the IIHS rate new vehicle models based on stringent safety criteria, thereby providing an important tool to help buyers make a decision. In the latest assessments, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class was subjected to front and side crash tests. The safety specialists in the USalso evaluated protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. For all three criteria, the C-Class was awarded top marks.

This result is confirmation that the C-Class safety concept, optimised based on the analysis of real-life accidents, also performs extremely well in standardised rating crash tests. With seven airbags, belt tensioners, belt force limiters and NECK PRO crash-responsive head restraints fitted as standard, the Saloon offers its occupants an extremely high level of protection should an accident occur. The body structure has been designed to ensure that, in the event of a frontal collision, the impact forces are distributed over a wide area and on four independently acting impact levels, meaning that the passenger compartment remains largely undamaged. Around 70 percent of all the bodyshell panels are made from state-of-the-art, high-strength steel alloys that minimise weight and maximise safety.

Furthermore, the C-Class is the world's only car in this market segment to feature an anticipatory occupant protection system in the shape of PRE-SAFE® as an option. This Mercedes-Benz innovation uses the time between detection of a potential accident situation and a possible collision to initiate preventive protective measures, thus reducing the loads exerted on the occupants in the event of a crash by up to 40 percent.

By rating the C-Class a Top Safety Pick 2008, the IIHS has confirmed the vehicle's extremely good performance in crash tests conforming to Euro NCAP (the European New Car Assessment Programme) in which the C-Class was awarded five stars, making it one of the safest cars on the market.

SebringSilver

That's very interesting. For a car that has safety as such a high priority, why's it always trying to kill M3s and IS-Fs?

norb

Do C63's come with PreSafe?

SebringSilver

It most certainly does.

Star & Laurel

I didn't think Presafe came on the US spec C-Class.

SebringSilver

Oh, apparently it's an option?

C 63 AMG standard equipment includes (selection):

- Adaptive brake light
- Airbags for the driver and front passenger
- Aluminum trim panels on dome, doors and center console
- Acceleration skid control (ASR)
- Armrest with roller-top compartment
- Electrically adjustable and heated exterior mirrors
- Outside temperature display
- Brake Assist
- ADAPTIVE BRAKE system with hill-start assist
- Combined luggage cover and safety net (estate)
- Through-loading facility and armrest with double cup holder, load securing and 1/3:2/3 split-fold rear seat backrest (saloon)
- 1/3:2/3 split-fold rear seat backrest (estate)
- Shopping crate, collapsible (estate)
- 3-stage ESP®
- Headlamp Assist
- Power windows (4)
- Belt tensioners and belt force limiters for the front and outer rear seats
- Air-conditioned glove compartment
- Black roof liner
- ISOFIX child seat attachment points in the rear
- Map pocket on the rear of the driver's seat backrest
- THERMATIC two-zone automatic climate control
- Kneebag on the driver's side**
- Steering column adjustable for height and reach
- Lighting package
- Front fog lamps
- Projector-beam headlamps with halogen technology
- Tire pressure loss warning system
- ELCODE locking system with infrared/radio remote control
- Sidebag for driver and front passenger
- Bag hooks in the boot/luggage compartment
- Cruise control with SPEEDTRONIC variable speed limiter
- Front seats electrically adjustable for height and backrest angle
- Leather selector lever
- Tinted glass
- Windowbags
- Central locking with crash sensor

Optional extras include:
- 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels
- AMG performance package
- AMG carbonfibre trim
- AMG velour floor mats
- Bi-xenon headlamps with cornering light function and headlamp cleaning system – including dark-tinted headlamps
- COMAND APS, incl. hard disc navigation, LINGUATRONIC voice control and music server, on request also with 6-DVD changer
- EASY PACK tailgate and load-securing kit (estate)
- Integrated rear child seats with side head restraints (estate)
- Intelligent Light System with five light functions – including dark-tinted headlamps
- KEYLESS-GO
- Child seat recognition in the front passenger seat
- Nappa leather upholstery
- PRE-SAFE®
- Electric rear windscreen roller blind (saloon)
- Electric tilting/sliding glass sunroof
- Sidebags in rear
- Surround-sound system
- THERMOTRONIC comfortable automatic climate control system with three-zone air conditioning
- Electrically adjustable front seats with memory function

mrtesting

*******s...

Sincity

OMG..LOL @ that comment.