RE: MB 600 in Princess Diana wreck

[Mark Nelson <mnelson@brls.com>]

<<full of just as many safety features as the Audi.>>

No side air bags like the A8...

	<<One begins to wonder of the credentials of the driver......or
the behavior
> of the other driver.....>>
> 
Just imagine trying to recover a 6-series (essentially a tank) at a full
slide...not an easy task for any driver.  This driver had some kind of
'certification' according to the media.  This is again a place where, as
Ingo pointed out, AWD would have prevented the accident.


cya!
-Mark Nelson

> ----------
> From: 	Kwattro@aol.com[SMTP:Kwattro@aol.com]
> Sent: 	Sunday, August 31, 1997 12:27 PM
> To: 	Mark Nelson
> Cc: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: 	Re: MB 600 in Princess Diana wreck
> 
> In a message dated 97-08-31 02:21:53 EDT, you write:
> 
> >The MB 600 is a VERY stout car, but I wonder what would have happened
> to
> >an A8 at 100MPH.  No flames intended, just pondering different
> theories.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> I think that any car hitting it's roof at 100 mph would not fare well.
> I've
> seen worse crashes at 50 mph.  In this case, I doubt anything short of
> an
> M1-A1 tank would have allowed the passengers to survive.  Mercedes has
> an
> excellently designed car, full of just as many safety features as the
> Audi.
>  One begins to wonder of the credentials of the driver......or the
> behavior
> of the other driver.....
> 
> Carter J
> Kwattro@aol.com
>