| Mercedes-Benz, one of the very well-known auto | | | | From this, it can be deduced further that |
| brands in Germany aside from Volkswagen, had | | | | Mercedes puts customer safety on the top of its |
| several firsts that made it legendary in the field of | | | | priorities than profit and comparative and |
| automotive. | | | | sometimes absolute- advantage. |
| Among these is that it is the only auto maker | | | | In a study conducted Mercedes-Benz, it revealed |
| which the European authorities called upon to | | | | that the company's manufactured stability control |
| make a research out of an accident scene. | | | | prevented 42 percent of accident and its brake |
| Mercedes-Benz also pioneered a wide line up of | | | | assist has helped prevent 8 percent of rear-end |
| car safety features. One is the traction control to | | | | collisions and 13 percent of pedestrian accidents. |
| maintain the stability of the car and driver control. | | | | Mercedes Benz further pioneered the use of |
| This is done by diminishing wheel slip on pull off or | | | | supercharging; double-pivot steering system used |
| on slippery roads. The European market first | | | | in cars today; starter motor (through this, a lever |
| offered airbags in 1980, and these were from | | | | is not anymore needed to start a car); fuel |
| Mercedes. These made the auto maker the first | | | | injection; and the '7G-TRONIC' (world's first |
| to include those airbags as standard safety | | | | 7-speed automatic transmission). |
| equipment on its cars. Merc also initiated the use | | | | The auto maker got those firsts. Moreover, it has |
| of pre-tension detectors to seat belts. It was first | | | | a line up of several world records. |
| seen on the 1981 MB S-Class. These feature the | | | | Among these is that it got the fastest automatic |
| tightening of the belts almost instantaneously to | | | | road car in the world. The Mercedes-Benz SLR |
| prevent the impact against the seat belt when | | | | McLaren traveled 334 kilometer per hour that is |
| the crash occurs. | | | | 208 mph, which was co-developed by Daimler |
| Still developed by the auto maker, the "Safety | | | | Chrysler and McLaren Cars. |
| cage" (also called "Safety cell") construction with | | | | Based on the E-Class saloon, the Mercedes-Benz |
| front and rear crumple zones is considered the | | | | Brabus W211 ' E V12 ' is the world's fastest |
| most important innovation in automobile | | | | street-legal saloon car. The top speed was |
| construction from a safety standpoint. | | | | recorded in Nardo , Italy at 350.2 km/h (217.6 |
| These entire plus the anti-lock brakes, collapsible | | | | mph). It uses a tuned version of the M275 AMG |
| steering column, brake assist, automatic fuel | | | | biturbo V12 engine which now produces 640 bhp |
| shut-off and more array of safety features were | | | | (471 kW) and over 1000 Nm (757 lb-ft) of torque. |
| initiated by Mercedes-Benz. Because of these, it is | | | | Added to the list is the Mercedes-AMG, 6208cc |
| the only auto maker that allows its competitors | | | | M156 V8 engine, the world's most powerful |
| to use those features for the sake of improving | | | | naturally aspirated eight cylinder engine. |
| automobile and family safety. In fact, crumple | | | | At present, Mercedes-Benz continues to produce |
| zones and anti-lock brakes are now used on all | | | | auto parts like the Mercedes fog lamp that will |
| luxury vehicles including BMW, Audi and Rolls | | | | ensure it's on top of the automobile industry's |
| Royce. | | | | pedestal. |