Well, I'm in Virginia Beach this week, and on my regular stop at the Pick-N-Pull, I saw a pair of W123 300Ds. Both appear to be '85s, but one is a Euro, while the other is US-spec. Something I immediately noticed was that the Euro 300D had a driver's side airbag, antilock brakes and rear-seat headrests, while the US version had none of these items. In veiw of Mercedes history involving auto safety, and the comments from some on these forums criticizing our W123 cars for their lack of modern safety features, does anyone here know why these features weren't availible on the US-market W123?
Is it the same lame excuse as for how some obscure DOT regulation wouldn't allow us to have trunk-triangles?

Happy Motoring, Mark

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