S-Class in the Market
It's fascinating that Mercedes can charge such a premium and still have the second-best-selling car in its class. What's more, all this has happened even as the current generation hits its fourth year. The popularity is deserved: The S-Class is aging well, and it's no longer the reliability sinkhole it used to be.
Competitors are trying to reinvent the wheel, but I don't think a luxury flagship needs to be a sport sedan, too. Mercedes knew its mission, and it hit the nail on the head.
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How the occupant classification
system works
The Occupant Classification System (OCS)
categorizes the occupant on the front - passenger seat by means of a weight
sensor.
The front-passenger front air bag is
deactivated automatically for c ...
Emergency Tensioning Devices, beltforce limiters
The seat belts for the front seats are equipped
with ETDs/belt buckle tensioners and seat
belt force limiters. The outer seat belts in the
second row of seats are equipped with ETDs and seat belt f ...
EXTERIOR
Toyota calls its 2011 Sienna minivan the Swagger Wagon; I've decided to call
the R-Class the Svaager Vaagon (said with a German accent). My test car in
Diamond White paint definitely had svaager, ...