E-Class (W210) crash tests
Copyright AMS
The 2001 E-Class does very well and is rated "good" and "best-pick", and tested better than the BMW 5-series.
DaimlerChrysler AG
The E-Class sedan with integrated child safety seats in the rating test: the long front-end crumple zone and well-matched constraint systems proved to be highly effective. Low loads were measured on all members of the dummy family, in fact "the lowest values ever measured by auto motor und sport of this crash configuration".
AMS
In a comparative test performed by "auto motor und sport" and involving an offset crash against a rigid barrier (55 km/h, 50 % overlap), the E-Class sedan (W 124) emerged as the car with the most stable safety cell among seven competitors. Overall judgment: low risk of injury, low safety cell deformation.
A W124 E-Class offset crash test with a deformable barrier. The roof absorbs some energy and buckles a bit over the drivers' head. The door does not appear to jam. Good.
In the eighties the W124 (200E - 300E) was tested with a rigid offset barrier. Lateron many different offset barriers, some double, some deformable, and with different amounts of overlap, were used to better reflect real world accidents.
A 1970s W123 E-Class frontal crash test with 100% overlap.
Seven generations:
180/190 Ponton, W110 fin-tail, W114/115 strich-acht, W123, W124, W210,
W211
What are the W210, W211 and W124 E-classes talking about? A beauty contest?
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