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Originally Posted by 86560SEL
Not sure about them "not knowing" since American cars had ABS brakes before German cars. I knew this and Wikipedia will verify that in 1971, Chrysler Corporation together with the "Bendix Corporation", introduced a true computerized three-channel all-wheel antilock brake system called "Sure Brake" on the 1971 Imperial. It was available for several years thereafter, functioned as intended, and proved reliable. General Motors introduced the "Trackmaster" rear-wheel (only) ABS as an option on Cadillacs starting in 1971 and Ford Motor Company started offering it in 1970 as an option on Lincolns and named their system Sure-track. It was also rear wheel only.
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Thanks - I didn't have a clue about that one. I know a lot of innovation came from the Big 3, and it seems they had the ball in '71 but dropped it. Now younger generations will go on thinking MB innovated it when the American companies could have had that distinction. Story of a lot of things Detroit.