Does anyone out there have any information on the 2-star/marginal rating that a '97 C180 picked up in the European NCAP test? I wonder what the test conditions were, and if Mercedes had a response to the performance. There's also a NHTSA test that's much more positive, and apparently loss data from the insurance industry is pretty favorable... here's a quick overview of all the tests I've found at:

http://www.crashtest.com/mercedes_benz/ie.htm

I'm just curious because we added a C230 earlier this year, and are potentially shopping around for another W202.

-anthony

Do a search, there was a lengthy thread about this several years ago.

Have a great day,

Thatnks, I've read the thread about the Dateline bumper test, but that one isn't that big of a deal for me. I was interested in the results of the European NCAP test:

http://www.euroncap.com/details.php3?id=merc_cclass_1997

Crash tests are mainly bollocks









(IMO)

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