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Originally Posted by aap1966 View Post
Princess Diana died in an S-class. Does that mean that the Mercedes S class has poor accident survivability? There is no car that guarantees occupant survival in a crash, we are only ever talking about playing the odds.
You will note that those who died in that MBz were not wearing their seat belts. The one survivor was.

Also note that the Mercedes hit a cement column at high speed and did not burst into flame.

As far as sedans go, I can not think of a better car to be in than the W140 S-class.
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